"I hope you didn't take up what he said to me."
"Well, I kinder had a row on my own account, but that ain't neither here nor there. We're both loafin' now, an' I want you to take a trip with me."
"Where?"
"I ain't jest sure, but we'll strike Blacktown first, an' then go wherever things look most promisin'."
"Have you heard anything?" Mrs. Byram asked, as she gazed at the man sharply.
"I can't say I have, an' I can't say I haven't. Skip give me a idee that's worth workin' up even if it comes to nothin', so we'll have a vacation."
"Tell me what you've heard?" Fred cried, excitedly.
"It ain't so very much, only jest enough to set me thinkin'. One of Skip's regulators was over here this noon, an' flashed up considerable money for a boy like him."
"And you think he stole the package from Sam?"
"I don't say anything of the kind, but Skip heard 'bout the trouble Sam was in, an' thought it wouldn't do a bit of harm if we found out where this feller got so much cash."