“Certainly,”—that from Nuthin’.
“Who will take the first watch?” asked Paul.
“I will,” cried Nuthin’.
“The second?”
“I,”—that from Bluff.
And so on. As it finally turned out the boys were to go on guard as follows: Nuthin’, Bluff, William, Wallace, Paul, Ken, Bobolink and Jack.
“You left me out,” interrupted the government agent.
“You ought to rest, Mr. Woods,” explained Jack.
“Well,” drawled the agent, “I guess I should. But don’t any of you start shooting if I should come upon you to pay you a visit any time during the night.”