"Sim, we'll fool those detectives yet."
"Ise mighty glad we know wha' dey's gwine ter do," the coon answered.
"We wouldn't have known their plans if I hadn't gone over to the house to-day and listened outside the open window, to all they were saying to Oliver Dalton," replied the rascal.
Harry gave his partner a nudge.
Just then Sim exclaimed:
"De boat am free, sah."
"Jump in, then, and we'll row across the swamp."
"Yo' gwine ter hire dem horses to-night?"
"Of course. We must ride away from here on horseback, and get back into the interior, as the railroad stations here are being watched for us. Once we are a day's travel from this accursed place, we can board the cars of some other road, and get down to New Orleans, where we'll be safe."
Sim chuckled audibly, for the plan pleased him immensely.