Bart slapped his thigh.
"Just the scheme! But who's going to do the catching?"
"It would be a good plan to have an officer from the village on hand for that job."
"Good! You can swear out a warrant for the man for felonious assault, attempted highway robbery, or something of the sort, and have him sent where he won't trouble you again for some little time."
"That's what I thought."
"It seems the only way to get rid of him, and he is mighty dangerous."
"He is desperate."
"Yes; he means to have that ring anyway. I'll find a way to-morrow to draw those lines on paper. I don't care if that man does say the ring is of no particular value, I know better. If the lines are taken off, you will stand a show of finding out what they mean."
Frank was eager to have an enlarged copy of the lines made, for he felt that he could never be sure that he would not lose the ring, even though the mysterious man in black should be disposed of effectually.
"Snell is determined to get himself into serious trouble," said Frank.