That is how his watch was damaged and that was
when Mr. Damon and I heard the cries for help."
"Oh, do you think he was badly hurt?" asked Mary.
"No, I don't," and Tom answered truthfully. "The voice sounded
as though he was in pain, certainly, but it was strong and
vigorous, and not at all as though he was dangerously hurt."
"And what do you think happened to him after he was hurt?"
asked Mary.
"The autoists took him away," decided Tom. "In fact, we heard
the machine go, but of course we never connected the call for
help and what followed with your father. The autoists took him
away."
"Where?"
"I should say to some hospital. Perhaps a private one of which
we know nothing, and which may be near here. I'll get a full list
from the Board of Health to-morrow. Or it may be that the
autoists, seeing the damage they had done, took your father to
the home of one of themselves, and summoned a doctor there."
"Why would they do that?"
"Well, they may have been so frightened they didn't realize
what they were doing, or they may have thought he would get
better treatment in a private house, if he were not badly
injured, than if he should be taken to a hospital.
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