They
immediately secured permission to make inquiries at the hospitals
which were taking care of the casualties sustained during the
rioting. There were three of these, and each of the boys went to a
different one, agreeing to meet in a designated place as soon as
they had completed their inquiries. An hour later they assembled
as they had agreed, only to learn that so far their search had
been fruitless.
"The only thing left for us to do," said Frank, "is to go back to
the barracks, where maybe by this time they will have posted a
list of the casualties. If Tom's name is not there well be pretty
sure that he's been captured, and it will be up to us to try to
find him."
Returning to the barracks as Frank had proposed, they found that a
list was posted on the company bulletin board, and carefully
scanned it for Tom's name, while fear tugged at their hearts.
Great was their relief when they failed to find it, for if he were
only a prisoner the chances were that the authorities would get
him back, or that the boys themselves might ferret out the place
where he was being held and rescue him.
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