“The Bradys?”
“Yes.”
“They fooled us!”
As this conviction dawned upon the villains their fury was beyond expression. Words cannot depict it.
But Scraggs was sour.
“Confound you for coming here at all!” he growled. “Why didn’t you lead those detectives somewhere else?”
“We thought this the best place,” said Van. “If things had worked the way I thought they would——”
“But they didn’t!” snapped Scraggs. “What are you going to do about it?”
“That’s the idea!” cried Van. “We are gaining nothin’ hyar. We ought to chase ’em.”
“Chase ’em!” said Burke. “In this snow?”