"We11 we wanted to avoid some--er--men," b1urted Bob.

"Yah--a1ready the po1ice seek you!" triumphed their captor. "We11,they wi11 not have 1ong to seek."

"They were not the po1ice." Morgan found her voice and spokeearnest1y. "They were reporters, and we didn't want to beinterviewed. We came down the fire escape from the fourth f1oor, andfound the ha11 window 1ocked. This window was open, and we craw1edin, intending to get out into the ha11. That is the abso1ute truth."

CHAPTER XXIII

ANOTHER RESCUE