"I can testify that Frederic Vernon plotted this whole thing out with Dr. Remington, and offered the doctor ten thousand dollars for his assistance."
"That will be good evidence in Mrs. Vernon's favor."
"We can prove, too, that Vernon forged his aunt's name to a check for six hundred dollars."
"Yes, I know that. I saw the forged check myself."
"And we can prove that he followed her to England and tried to take her life," added Robert. And then he told the particulars of the perilous carriage ride along the cliff and of how Frederic Vernon had been caught by Farmer Parsons.
"I guess we'll have a pretty clear case against that young man," said Mr. Farley, after Robert had finished.
Our hero then told of his following Frederic Vernon from Mrs. Vernon's mansion, and of what he had seen while hanging around Dr. Rushwood's institution.
"We ought to rescue Mrs. Vernon at once," he concluded. "If we don't Frederic Vernon may take it into his head to do her harm."
"I think we had better have Vernon and Dr. Remington arrested first," answered the lawyer.
He returned to his room above and donned his street clothing. A little later he and Robert were driven to the office of the private detective who had been engaged to hunt up Frederic Vernon.