"Which of them did the things your captain complains of?"
"I don't know, sir. They were all together; and who tipped the bed, or cut the ropes, or set the fire, I can't tell."
"It seems they were all concerned, then."
"No, sir, not all. Some did the mischief, and the rest looked on."
"Did this person with you do any of the mischief?"
"No, sir; he was with me all the time, and we kept out of it."
"How happens it, then, that only you two are caught?"
"All the rest ran."
"And why didn't you run?"
"We had not been doing anything to run for," said Frank, with convincing sincerity.