. St. Nicholas [serial] . Chapter XII. THE FATE OF JEFFREY KERR. 1NCLE DICK look-. ed at Tom for a present of us think I have,Tom declared. I m very glad to hear it, his uncle re-sponded heartily. Now, sit down here andtell me all about it. Tom took a chair andsat down beside I think I know wherethe thief is, the boybegan, and I hope Iknow where the gold is;though, of course, I mnot sure. After all, itis only a guess, butstill— If you express allyour doubts before youlet me have all thefacts, interrupted UncleDick, it will be a longtime before 1 can seewhat you are drivingat.
. St. Nicholas [serial] . Chapter XII. THE FATE OF JEFFREY KERR. 1NCLE DICK look-. ed at Tom for a present of us think I have,Tom declared. I m very glad to hear it, his uncle re-sponded heartily. Now, sit down here andtell me all about it. Tom took a chair andsat down beside I think I know wherethe thief is, the boybegan, and I hope Iknow where the gold is;though, of course, I mnot sure. After all, itis only a guess, butstill— If you express allyour doubts before youlet me have all thefacts, interrupted UncleDick, it will be a longtime before 1 can seewhat you are drivingat. Better begin at thebeginning. The real beginning,Tom answered, waswhen I got to lookingat this mystery just as if it was a problem in algebra. Jeffrey Kerr wasmy x. He was nt exactly an unknown quan-tity, but there was a lot about him I did ntknow. I set down the facts, and then tried towork out my x—that is, to see what had becomeof Kerr. If what my grandfather had foundmoment. Then he out and written down was right, then the thiefwhistled gently. had vanished suddenly af
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