Fouth Capter of "Kidnapped"

The rest of the day goes by without much action. However Davie does find a note that confuses him. It is a note that says "To my brother Ebenezer on his 5th birthday" in his father's manly handwriting. Davie has always thought that his father was the younger brother. Obviously something important has not been explained to him.

At supper that night Davie upsets his uncle with talk about the note. Then, Ebenezer seems to sneakily bribe Davie into a favor. Davie is smart and realizes this but still goes out to do the favor. The favor was to go out to a square tower and climb the stairs to the top. At the top there was supposed to be a chest. So off Davie goes, staying close to the wall like his uncle had told him to. But a flash of lightning reveals narrow, uneven stairs. Davie then gets down on his hands and knees and carefully crawls up the stairs, feeling in front of him.

Now at each corner of the tower a landing spot is there to connect the to flights. When Davie gets to one of these turning points he finds that there is no more stair. If he had been on his feet he would have fallen to his death. He then turns and descends the stairs.

Once back at the house Davie finds his uncle having trouble breathing. Davie then administers some medicine and talks to his uncle. He asks his uncle many questions that are only to be answered in the morning. Davie then locks his uncle in his room and goes to sleep.