CHAPTER II

ABOUT THE PAST

"Did you get any more particulars?" asked Sam, of the college poet.

"No. The newspaper man was busy, so the Doctor said, and didn't have time to go into details," answered Songbird.

"Did he say who the other prisoners were who got away?" asked Dick.

"Yes, a tramp who was up for robbing a man on the road and a bank clerk who took some money from the bank."

"None of the crowd we are interested in," said Tom.

"I'm glad of it," returned his older brother. "It is bad enough for Crabtree to get away. I hope they keep a strict guard over the others after this."

"Oh, they will, rest assured of that," came from Stanley Browne. "The head jailer will get a raking over the coals for this, mark my words."

"The Stanhopes and the Lanings will be sorry to learn that Crabtree got away," said Sam. "I wonder if they aren't searching for him," mused Sam.

"Oh, they'll search for all of them," put in Songbird. "I think the newspaper man said the sheriff had a posse out."

"Too bad!" said Dick, shaking his head gravely. "And just when we felt sure old Crabtree wouldn't be able to give us any more trouble!"

"It beats the nation, what that man can do!" cried Sam. "Maybe be hypnotized one of the jailers-- just as he hypnotized Mrs. Stanhope years ago.

"He'd be equal to it-- if he got the chance," answered Tom; and then all of the students had to go in to their classes.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. How many people escaped from jail?
2. Did any have names?
3. Who?
4. What were the other two?
5. Are any of them who the siblings were looking for?
6. Who was questioning the scholarly poem writer?
7. Did he find any specifics from him?
8. Why not?
9. According to who?
10. What will happen to the employee who let the criminals escape?
11. According to whom?
12. Who will be upset that the named criminal escaped?
13. What has the main cop done?
14. How do they know that?
15. Says who?
16. What special power is possibly attributed to the named criminal?
17. Who would he have dazzled with it?
18. Who else?
19. When?
20. Where do they walk to after they finish talking?

Numbered answers:
1. Three
2. Yes
3. Crabtree
4. a tramp and a bank clerk
5. No
6. Sam
7. No
8. The newspaper man was busy and didn't have time to go into details,"
9. the Doctor
10. They will get a raking over the coals
11. Stanley Browne
12. The Stanhopes and the Lanings
13. had a posse out."
14. the newspaper man said
15. Songbird
16. Ablility to hypnotize
17. one of the jailers
18. Mrs. Stanhope
19. years ago.
20. to their classes.