"Oh," said the fat man. "I'll leave him to spin his yarn, Miss Woodburn. But don't you believe all he says. You'll hear the truth when I bring the case into court. He'll want all the money you can win him by the time I've done with him."
He disappeared down the hillside.
The girl came close and leaned down over the shoulder of the great horse.
"What is it?" she asked.
Jim Silver showed her.
"Only this," he said. "Right across the track."
The girl took it as all in the day's work.
"Did you catch him at it?" she asked.
"No; he was lying doggo near by—to watch results."
She examined the wire.