"All right. I won't find any further fault with you. I am proud of you, Chunky. I take back all the disagreeable things I have said about you. You are a plucky boy."
"Yes, I reckon I am about the bravest man that ever tackled wild beasts in the canebrake," agreed the fat boy. "What are you thinking about?"
"I was wondering," answered Tad reflectively. "It seems to me that there is something more to this affair than I first thought. Why did that man steal the doe, Chunky?"
"'Cause he wanted it. Ask me something harder."
"I don't believe that was wholly the case."
Chunky cocked an inquiring eye.
"What do you think?" he demanded.
"I don't know as I think at all," laughed Butler.
"I thought not. You are always looking for something. I wish I had your imagination."
"What would you do with it?"