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But under the circumstances I doubt if such an arrangement could be made . '' `` We 're going to try it , anyhow , '' was the prompt decision . So as soon as breakfast was over the next morning Beth and Kenneth took one of the automobiles , the boy consenting unwillingly to this sort of locomotion because it would save much time . Fairview was twelve miles away , but by ten o'clock they drew up at the county jail . They were received in the little office by a man named Markham , who was the jailer . He was a round-faced , respectable appearing fellow , but his mood was distinctly unsociable . `` Want to see Tom Gates , eh ?