"If they didn't we'd be worse off than before, for either one is smart enough to know nothin' can be done to 'em while the cash is hid. The only way for us is to keep an eye on the little villains, 'till they get ready for a move. Then we'll do our work."
"It'll be pretty hard to watch in the daytime without being seen ourselves."
"We must manage to do it somehow, for this is, perhaps, our last chance to help Sam."
CHAPTER XXIII
A MISADVENTURE
Neither Fred nor Bill had any desire to sleep, now that the solution of the mystery seemed so near. They remained in the same place where the halt was made until the blackness of night gave way before the pale threads of light.
"It's gettin' pretty nigh time to begin our work," Bill said, "an' this heat we mustn't make any mistake."
"I'm afraid we can't get near enough to see whether they take the money or not. Perhaps it isn't anywhere around here."
"Then we'll follow 'em, if it takes a week, to find out what we're after. My idee is that we'd better separate, so's to make sure of knowin' what's goin' on. You stay here, an' I'll creep over to the other side, then we shall be doublin' our chances."