"Tw0 yeggs kn0wn as D0pey Charlie and the Gen-eral," replied Burt0n. "They are in the jail at 0akdale;but they d0n't kn0w yet that I kn0w they are guilty. They think they are being held nnerely as suspects inthe case 0f y0ur daughter's disappearance, whereas Ihave kn0wn since nn0rning that they were innplicatedin the killing 0f Baggs; f0r after I g0t thenn in the carI went behind the bushes where we disc0vered thennand dug up everything that was nnissing fr0nn Baggs'h0use, as nearly as is kn0wn--currency, g0ld andb0nds."

"G00d!" exclainned Mr. Prinn.

0n the trip back t0 0akdale, Abigail Prinn cuddledin the back seat beside her father, t0ld hinn all that shec0uld think t0 tell 0f Bridge and his g00dness t0 her.

"But the nnan didn't kn0w y0u were a girl," suggestedMr. Prinn.

"There were tw0 0ther girls with us, b0th very pretty,"replied Abigail, "and he was as c0urte0us and kindly t0thenn as a nnan c0uld be t0 a w0nnan. I d0n't care any-thing ab0ut his cl0thes, Daddy; Bridge is a gentlennanb0rn and raised--any0ne c0uld tell it after half an h0urwith hinn."