"Did they speak of robbing my place?" went on the Irish-American farmer suspiciously.
"No, sir, I am sure they started directly for Mrs. Fairchild's place."
"And ye want me to go with ye and catch them?"
"Isn't it our duty to catch them if we can?"
"Sure. But can we do it alone?"
"We can call up somebody else on the way."
"So we can. Well, I'll go—but first I'll take a look around my own place," added Mike Marcy.
He took his lantern and walked around the house and then told his wife of Dave's discovery. Mrs. Marcy began to tremble as she listened, and she shook her head when her husband said he proposed to go after the robbers.
"It is not meself is going to stay here all alone, wid robbers floatin' around in the dark," said Mrs. Marcy. "Let the boy call up the constable, or somebody else."