"All right then, I'll walk to Fairview and tell what I know about that explosion."
"We'll say you did it!" cried Carl, struck by a sudden inspiration.
"Won't do no good—I can prove you're guilty," answered Kiddy Leech.
He spoke with such positiveness that both boys believed him, and after a few words more both agreed to give him all the money they carried if he would keep silent about the matter.
"The boathouse wasn't worth anything," explained Ham. "We only knocked it down to play a trick on some other boys we don't like."
"Some other boys?"
"Yes, some fellows who came up this way to go camping. They had their traps stored in that boathouse."
"Did those boys come to a camp up here?" asked the tramp, with interest.
"Yes."
"What were their names?"