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Rh "It's an old scar," the woman replied in a whisper. "I noticed it when I was giving him some medicine a while ago. Why?"

"Nothing much; I thought it might be a cut," Frank replied as he hurried quietly from the room. He found Bart and Fenn discussing the finding of the boy. "Fellows," began Frank suddenly as he entered, " do you remember Mrs. Perry?"

"You mean the woman whose place we stayed at over night out of the blizzard?" asked Bart.

"That's it. Do you remember what she told us about her son William who was lost?"

"Sure," answered Bart.

"Didn't she say he had a scar or something on his face?"

"A red scar on his right cheek," replied Bart. "Why?"

"He's in there!" declared Frank.

"Are you dreaming?" asked Bart incredulously.

Then Frank told his chums what he had seen.

"Of course there may be other boys besides William Perry with red scars on their right cheeks," he added, "but I'm sure this is the son of the widow, in the cabin in the woods. We can find out in the morning."

"Why not now?" asked Fenn.