CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE MYSTERY CLEARED AWAY.
What news was obtainable at Sea Cove about Barney Mulloy was important, though somewhat unsatisfactory.

Barney had been attacked by tramps and badly hurt, but not killed, though at first the report of his death had gone out.

One of the tramps had been nearly killed in the fight, and Mulloy had disappeared.
"What became of him?
Where did he go ?" were Merriwell's questions.
"We didn't pay much attention to it," was the answer given by Merriwell's Sea Cove informant.

"Likely he walked off, or went away on the boat or train.

Easy enough to get out of this place." With this meager information, Frank and his friends hurried back on the launch to Glen Springs.
"He isn't dead!" was Merry's cheerful declaration.