the men wore a shining badge on his coat and carried a policeman's club.
"Want me here?" he cried, on catcking sight of the youth.
"Are you a policeman?"
"I am."
"Then come right in."
The policeman and the other two men followed Dick into the house. The youth took them first to where Josiah Crabtree lay.
"There is a man who escaped from the jail at Plankville. He tried to get out of a garret window and had a fall. I guess his leg is broken."
"If that's the case, he won't need much watching from me," replied the policeman, grimly.
"The other two rascals who were with him got away, after hitting my brother with a footstool and hurting him quite badly. Here he is. Can I get a doctor anywhere around here?"
"Doctor Martin lives up the road about half a mile," said the man who had driven the carriage.
"Will you get him for me, just as soon as you can?"
"I will," said the man, and went off at once after the physician.
While he was gone Dick told his story to the
