Accordingly, Archie was stationed near the spot where it was certain Bud Heyland and Jacob Kincade would appear, later in the evening.
At a preconcerted signal, he sprang from his concealment, and the reader has learned that he performed his part in really creditable style.
CHAPTER XXII. AN ATTEMPTED RESCUE.
Now since the reader knows how it happened that Archie Jackson and he who had masqueraded under the name of Cyrus Sutton chanced to be at this particular spot in the woods when the thieves would have removed their booty, and also why the silver could not be found by these worthies, it is necessary to return to the place where the arrest was made.
Bud Heyland did not take kindly to the idea of being a prisoner. None knew better than himself the proofs which could be brought against him, and, after the first surprise passed away, his only thought was of how he might escape.
While the valiant Archie stood over him in an attitude of triumph, the detective was holding a short but very concise conversation with the second captive.
"I'll make you smart for this," Bud heard Kincade say. "Things have come to a pretty pass when a man who is invited by a friend to stop on the road a minute in order to look for a whip that was lost while we were hunting for the lion, gets treated in this manner by a couple of drunken fools."
Taking his cue from the speech, Bud added in an injured tone: