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AFTER a prolonged search the detective came suddenly to the conclusion that Jasper had doubled on them and escaped. Groping about in dark rooms and unknown passages was not lively work. He called to Mickey, and told them his conviction.
"I'll go back," he added, "to the Lodge. We may catch him there, though I doubt it. He's had too good a start."