"I don't think so."
"How about your uniform, Thomas?"
"I cleaned up yesterday morning. I don't remember any holes."
"And you, Samuel?"
"I had a hole in my left sleeve, but the jewelry was found in the right sleeve."
"Let me examine the coats."
This was done, and all concluded that the holes had been cut with the blade of a sharp knife, or with a small pair of scissors.
"I believe the job was done in the dark," said Dick. "Somebody must have visited our tent last night after we went to sleep."
"When did you go to sleep, Richard?"
"Well, I don't think we were real sound asleep until about midnight.
There was some sort of a noise in the camp that kept us awake."