“No,” I interrupted, “it isn’t where it ought to be. It’s gone. Do you know where it is?”
He shook his head.
“How should I know? I just got back here with my patients about fifteen minutes ago. The captain went up with the men then——”
“Patients?” said Betty. “Are some of the men ill, doctor?”
Olson grew confused.
“Well, well, yes. That is, they had a little—a little accident up in the hills. Two of them got hurt.”
“Oh! Badly? Can I do anything?”
“Oh, no. No, no,” he replied quickly. “No, you couldn’t do anything for them, Miss Baldwin. It wouldn’t do any good for you to see them. I’ve got them all fixed up in the other cabin. They’re all right, I assure you.”
“And the captain?” I reminded him.
“Why, when I got down here with those two men the captain was sitting here eating and drinking. He went up into the hills afterwards.”