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It may have
been that one of the persons in the auto was a physician, and
wished to try his own skill on the man he had hurt."
"You make me feel more comfortable, Tom," said Mary. "But, even
supposing all this, why couldn't they telephone to us that my
father was all right? He always carries an identification card
with him, and if he were unconscious it could be ascertained who
he was."
"That's what I can't understand," said Tom frankly. "It puzzles
me. But we'll find him--never fear!"
And so he kept on with his telephone inquiries, while a
physician and her sister ministered to Mrs. Nestor. The night was
very, very long, and no good news came in.

CHAPTER XVII
SILENT SAM

Slowly the dawn broke through the mists of darkness, and made
the earth light. The sun came straggling in through cracks in the
shutters in the home of Mr. Nestor, the gradually increasing
gleam paling the electric lights, in the glare of which Tom
Swift, Mary, and her aunt sat, waiting for some word of the
missing man. But none came.
"What shall we do now?" asked Mary, as she looked at Tom.


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