“I allow as how I moved some things for ’em, yes,” was the cautious reply.
“When they ran away?” pursued Dave.
The old expressman nodded.
“Who got those bags from Oak Hall?” asked Roger. 215
“Thet’s a secret,” and now the old man really chuckled, as if he thought it was a good joke.
“You did!” declared Dave, bound to get at the truth.
“No, I didn’t. Buster did—carried ’em down on his back, one at a time, in the middle o’ the night, an’ nobuddy knew it! Say, they could walk off with yer hull school if they wanted to!” And the old expressman chuckled again.
“You were waiting for him?” continued Dave.
“Might be as I was.”
“And you took the baggage to the depot?”