A STOP FOR REPAIRS
For a few seconds the four men were too surprised to say anything. They stood looking at each other and, when they had gone to the smoking room, with an angry glance at Mr. Baker, Sutton remarked:
"I thought you said the kid would bite at this game?"
"I thought he would."
"Well, you've got another 'think' coming."
"Yes, you've bungled this thing all the way through," added Hynard.
"I didn't blunder any more than you did. I'd like to know who first made his acquaintance, and found out he had money."
"Well, you did that part of it, but he's got his money yet, and we haven't," said Tupper.
"And we're not likely to get it," went on Hynard. "I think he'll be suspicious of us after this."
"Maybe not," remarked Sutton, hopefully. "We may be able to get him into some other kind of a game. If we can't—"