“When can you do it?” asked Joe.
“Tonight after I close my shop here.”
“And how will we get the trap by that time?” asked Dick.
“I’ll attend to that. All I need is a strong, heavy box, and I have that. Yes, boys, we’ll set a trap for that deer tonight. And, what’s more we’ll catch him!”
Again Mr. Crispen snapped his gnarled finger and thumb as if he had shot off a small gun.
The boys were delighted. It seemed as if the mystery of the deer would soon be solved.
CHAPTER XIII
SETTING THE TRAP
Forgotten for a time was the mysterious man with the lasso. The man who wore star heel plates could wait. What Teddy and his chums wanted to do now was to catch the mysterious deer.
But after the first joyous excitement over Mr. Crispen’s promise about the trap, Teddy began to think a little. It might not be so easy as it sounded. With this in mind he asked the old cobbler: