"Got any passengers on board?"
"No."
"What's your tow?"
"A houseboat."
"Who is on board?"
"I don't know exactly. What do you want to know for?"
"We are looking for a couple of horse thieves who ran away from Kepples about two hours ago."
"I haven't seen anything of any horse thieves."
The second launch now came up to the houseboat. As may be surmised Dan
Baxter and Lew Flapp had listened to the talk with keen interest.
"Those chaps are horse thieves," muttered Flapp.