"No, I wasn't mistaken, for I saw you with the dynamite, and I saw you go into the boathouse and then come out. And then—"
"Hush, not so loud," interrupted Ham, looking over to where Barney
Hedge was skating up.
"Then don't say I don't know anything about it," insisted Kiddy Leech.
"I know all about it. You two boys did the job, and nobody else."
"Where were you?" asked Ham.
"Oh, I was just knocking around."
"You can't prove we did it," said Carl, a little of his courage returning.
"Can't I though? Just you try me and see. I don't know your names, but
I can soon find them out. I know you belong in Fairview."
"Oh!"
Ham's face grew pale again, and if the truth were known he was trembling in his shoes.
"Say, I—er—I don't want you to say anything about this to anybody," he added, hastily.