"Wrong!" volunteered Tom Reade. "Up at the field a man in a buggy hauled up to watch the play. He happened to mention that he had seen Dexter over in Stayton this noon. Stayton is nine miles away from here."
"Then of course it wasn't Dexter," declared Dick.
"It must have been that other fellow," suggested Greg.
"You mean that special officer, Driggs?" inquired Dick.
"Of course. And I'll tell you where else we saw that fellow Driggs. He was the driver of the cab last night. I've just placed that voice of his."
"Then Driggs was disguised last night, the same as Dexter was."
"Of course."
"And I can tell you something else," continued Tom Reade. "I know what Dexter was doing in the drug store last night. I met Len Spencer this noon. Len had been investigating."
"What did Dexter want in the drug store?" asked Prescott.
"Soothing syrup. Len says he guesses that Ab. Dexter was afraid Myra would make too much noise before he got through the night, and that Dexter must have meant to drug the child into quietness."