"I have not tried to bluff you," interjected Phil.
"As it is, I think I'll lock you up until morning, and, if you are ready then to make a clean breast of the whole affair, perhaps I shall let you go back with a message to your boss—a message that he won't like, I reckon."
"You won't send any such message by me," retorted Phil.
"Carry your own messages. Where you going to lock me up?"
"In a place where you will be safe. But I shouldn't advise you to get red-headed about it. There will be someone nearby to take all the howl out of you if you try it."
"You had better not!"
"What do you think, Bob? Is it safe to let this fellow go?"
"Well, I suppose you've got to let him go sometime. He'll be getting us into trouble if you keep him."
"I'll take the chance of that. We can drop him just before crossing the line back into the United States."
"That's a good game."
"Then the United States authorities can't take any action on an offense committed across the border. I don't believe they would, anyway. It is all a part of the show game. I'd like to drop the spy over the Falls when we get to Niagara," added Sully.