He
looked over the headlines which ran all the way across the page,
and indulged in a chuckle. He read the article through, then threw
down the paper and walked to and fro in the room, rubbing his
hands and evidently in the highest spirits.
The paper had been thrown down in such a way that Frank could
plainly see the flaring headlines. They ran thus:
"MYSTERIOUS DISEASE STILL UNABATED More Americans Stricken."
This then accounted for the doctor's elation. Frank's eye glanced
from the paper to the phial and back again to the paper.
Suddenly a terrible conviction struck him with the force of a
blow.
At that moment a bell rang somewhere outside. The doctor stopped
in his pacing, listened a moment, and then with a gesture of
impatience strode to the door and passed out into the hall,
closing the door after him.
Like a flash, Frank was in the room and had possessed himself of
the mysterious phial. Then he was back again among his companions,
who had gazed after him in wonder.
"Quick!" he directed as he closed the heavy door. "Back to the
alley as fast as we can."
"What's the big idea, Frank?" asked Bart, as the boys hurried
after their leader.
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