"Dear Mr. Lacy:
"Your two cows were shot by Jack Rover and Fred Rover. They were out in the woods hunting when we saw them go towards your pasture lot. We thought they were up to some trick, so watched them. They drove the two cows from the rest of the herd, and then Jack Rover gave one cow two shots and Fred Rover gave the other cow two shots. Then they ran back into the woods as tight as they could go. They didn't join the other hunters they had gone out with, most likely because they were afraid.
"You had better go to Colby Hall and have them arrested before they run away.
"Yours truly,
"Three boys who know, but who do not dare to give you their names."
CHAPTER XXIX
THE EXPOSURE
"There! what do you think of that letter?" demanded Elias Lacy, after Colonel Colby had read the communication.
"I don't know what to think of it, Mr. Lacy," was the slow reply. "I have not yet had an opportunity to interview the two Rovers. If you will sit down here in my office, I'll talk to them and try to settle this matter with you."