“Shall we take after Noddy and Pender?” asked Broswick.
“What’s the use?” asked Nestor. “If we had them arrested it would only make trouble for us. Let ’em go. I got some of my gold back from Pender.”
“Yes, let ’em go,” assented Jerry.
“Hark!” exclaimed Ned.
All listened. The faint chugging of an automobile was heard, gradually dying away in the distance.
“I guess that’s the end of ’em,” remarked Nestor.
Once more quiet settled down on the camp, and there were no other disturbances that night. The shining of the sun through the trees awoke the campers, and soon coffee was made and a simple breakfast ready.
“Now if one of you will run down to town in the automobile, with me and my friend Stoneham here,” said the sheriff, “I’ll be obliged to you.”
Jerry agreed to make the trip, and Nestor said he would go along, as he wanted to do some business at the Government Assay Office. The mine was left in charge of Broswick, Professor Snodgrass, Ned and Bob.