“I’ll see if I can’t think of one,” promised Spider. A few days later he came to his crony with joy written on his face. “I think we have them,” he said exultingly. “There’s a chance to put one over the Smith boys.”
“How?”
“Come along, and I’ll show you. They’re going out fishing. I just saw Bill down to the hardware store buying some hooks, and I heard him tell Bateye they were going down past the swimming hole.”
“Well, what’s the answer.”
“We’ll stop at my house, get an auger and a loaf of bread, and I’ll tell you on the way.”
“What’s the auger and bread for?”
“I’ll show you. Come on. I want to get to their boat before they arrive. Then we’ll hide and see some fun.”
A little later Beantoe and Spider stole cautiously to the Smith boys’ boat house on the banks of the Waydell river.
“You keep watch, and I’ll bore the holes in the boat,” suggested Spider. “It won’t take long.”
He was soon busy with the auger, and then his crony understood.