It was fully a quarter of an hour before the small guide ventured to speak again, and then Jet had seen both the men on the shore in front of their hut.
"You can talk now," he said, as he rose to his feet; "but in the future be mighty careful where those fellows are before opening your mouth about them. What were you going to say?"
"I don't know now; you frightened it out of my head. I swow! but I thought he'd come over to raise the very old Harry with us."
"It wasn't pleasant to see him so near; but now I'm glad he made the visit, for I don't think he suspects anything, and won't have a reason to prowl around. We must spend a good deal of time fishing tomorrow."
"Why don't you send word for them fellers to come up an' nab him?"
"Perhaps we will to-morrow, if they are still here; but you must remember that it isn't yet certain they'll stay very long, and by the time the officers arrived both might be out of the way."
"Of course, you've got the management of this job; but, if it was in my hands, I'd want to have it over as soon as I could."
"So do I; but at the same time it won't do to make a mistake. How long would it take you to walk back to the village, if I rowed you to the falls?"
"Pretty nigh one whole day."
"Would you go up there and send a telegram?"