"Leave them right where they are. Somebody will pick them up sooner or later. Both are marked Oak Hall and have the initials on them."
"Well, what are we to do next?" asked Gus Plum, after an awkward pause.
"Get out of here and wheel over to Oakdale," answered Nick Jasniff, who had become the leader of the unworthies. "We can put our money in the hands of Lancaster and he can put it up on Rockville for us. We are now sure to win."
"Morr will put Henshaw in Babcock's place," said Poole, as they rode away.
"Will he? Not after Henshaw has had his dinner," and Nick Jasniff winked knowingly.
"Do you mean to dose him?" asked Plum.
"I guess I will. I sit close to him and I can drop a little powder in his food which will make him feel weak and dizzy all the afternoon."
"Have you got the powder?"
"I can get it from Lancaster. He told me about it several days ago."
"It isn't poison, is it?" asked Nat Poole. He was beginning to grow afraid of Nick Jasniff's bold ways.