Duncan soon found the boy of whom he was in search, and the following is a part of the conversation that took place between them:
“You are on post No. 5, down there at the north side of the grounds to-night, are you not?” said Duncan.
Dick replied that he was, that he went on at midnight.
“Well, you know that the boys are going down to Cony Ryan’s to-night, don’t you?” continued Clarence.
Yes, Dick knew all about it, and stood ready to help them in every way he could, without getting himself into trouble.
“Well,” said Duncan, again, “Don Gordon is going with us.”
Dick seemed delighted to hear it.
“We roped him in just as easy as falling off a log,” Clarence went on. “He has been introduced to some of the fellows, and Fisher and I have worked things so nicely that he doesn’t suspect anything. Now you must be on the alert to catch him when we come back, which will be some time between one and four o’clock.”
“How shall I know him from the rest of you?”
“By the signal, of course. Have you forgotten that?” Here Duncan coughed slightly, and in a peculiar manner.