“We’re with you, Wade. Count us all in and give us the dope,” said Rabbit Warren.
“Well, here’s the way I figure it, fellows. I think that Gould is at the bottom of the whole thing. I’m going to interview him in his room to-night, and if I can’t make any progress with him, I want you fellows to be ready to come in and help me out. Not physically—that is, not unless we have to. But I don’t believe that we’ll need to use force. Just the presence of you fellows all in a group will go a long way toward making Gould understand that he will have to come across with facts and not try to lie out of anything.”
“All right, we’re with you. Aren’t we, fellows?” asked Buck Hart.
“I’ll say we are. Right-o,” came the response.
“Good. I’ll go to Gould’s room at eight o’clock. You fellows gather around outside about that time and be handy. No use of us all piling in on top of him right off. We’ll give him a chance first. All right?”
“Right as can be,” came the response. And the meeting broke up, the fellows leaving the gym. in a group.
Wade refused to discuss his plans with Jeff at all that evening, although Jeff tried his best to learn them.
“Never mind what we plan to do, Jeff, but we are going to get to the bottom of this thing if we can,” said Wade.
“All right, hang it. If you won’t let me in on it I can’t make you. But let me tell you, Wade, I don’t want any gang stuff or strong arm methods or anything like that. Don’t stoop as low as that for me, Wade. The whole thing isn’t worth it,” said Jeff.