“I put that away.”
“You had better place it where no one can find it, Max. If it was found among your things it might be used as evidence against us.”
“I’ve got it in a safe place, so don’t worry.”
“Do you think we ought to go on a hunt for him ourselves?” continued Nat, after an unsatisfactory pause.
“What do you mean? Go down into that shaft of the abandoned mines?”
“Yes.”
“Not on your life! I wouldn’t go down there for a thousand dollars,” answered Gebauer quickly. The very thought of going down into that dark place to look for his victim caused him to shudder.
“Somehow I think we ought to do something,” continued Nat. He was feeling more and more uncomfortable as he realized the awful possibilities attached to their actions.
“We’ll lie low and say nothing!” answered the lieutenant firmly. “You keep your mouth tight shut. If those friends of Porter’s come to you and try to pump you, beware of them. If they got an inkling of what we did, we would certainly be in bad.” And then Gebauer looked at Nat in such a fierce way that it struck terror to the slacker’s very soul.