"Well, I think we've made a great mistake in allowing those women their liberty, hoping they would lead us to Paul La Croix's hiding place. My new plan is this: To yank every one of them in, the moment we catch them."
Harry pondered over the proposition a few moments.
As a fact, he did not fancy such a summary proceeding. He firmly believed that using the different members of the gang as a bait to trap the others was the most efficient method of acting.
However, Old King Brady was getting impatient over the slow progress they were making to arrest the smugglers. His plan would show a quick result. That's what he wanted.
The boy, therefore, did not contradict him.
"Any way you say," he replied, presently.
"I'm following out my idea now," said the old detective, as he took a chew of tobacco. "The moment I saw Mrs. La Croix, I grabbed her."
"She protested, of course?"
"Vigorously. But I locked her up just the same."
"Couldn't you get any information out of her about the rest?"