Ted took the paper from the wall and held it up to the light.
In the paper was the representation of the fabulous monster, the griffin, and woven into the paper were the words "Griffin Bond."
"That's as easy as shooting fish in a tub," said Ted, as he folded the paper and put it in his pocket.
"The fellow who put that warning up certainly left his footprints behind him," said Stella, with a smile.
"He did, but even without that I should have known the authors of it."
"How?"
Ted then told Stella the substance of the conversation between the boys the night before, and of his suspicions as to the guilt of Creviss and his gang in the mysterious robberies that had occurred in the two towns. "But," he concluded, "it is not up to me to get at the matter. It is work for the sheriff. However, if those boys try any of their foolishness with us, we'll turn in and send them to the reform school, where they belong."
"They're certainly a bad lot. I was talking to a lady at the 'rent rag' last night, and she was telling me what a horrid boy young Creviss is."
"I wish I knew at what time this notice was put up here. It must have been done in daylight, for it was getting light in the east when we turned in."
"Perhaps some one was so quiet as to put it there while you were all inside talking."