“Well, it won’t do to stay here long.”
“I know that. That’s the reason I say let us settle up at once, and clear out. This haul hasn’t been half what I thought it would be, and I want the matter ended.”
“It’s a pity you broke jail,” went on Yates, with a sniff. “That was a give-away.”
“I know it; but things were getting too hot. That boy is smarter than he looks.”
“Pshaw! You are losing all nerve. Hist! here comes some one.”
The light went out instantly. Then a voice was heard saying it was all right. The light was turned on again, and I saw that the man called Avery had entered.
“All right?” asked the other two.
“There’s a boat at the dock,” replied Avery in a whisper.
“Who’s aboard?”