Of course Betty had already told her father and mother about Professor
Dempsey and the part he had played in actually saving their lives; so
when she told them that night of what she had read in the paper and
begged her father to help her find out whether the dead soldiers were
really Arnold Dempsey's sons or not, he readily consented to do what
he could.
"I'll drop in and see Haig to-morrow," he promised. "I have often
heard him speak of Professor Dempsey as being one of the best
professors of zoology up at the university and I am sure I will be
able to find out what you want to know. I hope you have been mistaken
in your conclusions, for it would be a horrible blow to a man to lose
both his grown sons at once and like that. Now run off to bed and
tomorrow I may have some news for you."
With this Betty was forced to be content. She went to bed of course,
there was nothing else to do, but she tossed restlessly all night and
what sleep she got was checkered with horrid dreams and she woke up in
the morning feeling as though she had not been to sleep at all.
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