"He'll never let on."
"Try it, anyway."
The two boys returned to the harness room and Will at once addressed their prisoner.
"Mott," he said, "where are those canes?"
The sophomore laughed loudly as he replied, "You certainly are the two most innocent freshmen I have ever struck yet. Perhaps you'd like to have me help you carry them back to the college."
"We'll let you go if you'll tell us where they are."
"Thanks muchly," replied Mott dryly."Come on, Will," said Foster. "We can find them ourselves. No use in wasting time here with this fellow. We'll get them ourselves."
"You're certain they're here?" laughed Mott.
Neither responded to his question, but both left the room and resumed their search.
"You don't suppose they have really got those canes somewhere else, do you, Foster? They might be just trying to put us on the wrong track here, you know?" inquired Will.