"The man who represents the Davis Company says he will have men out in the morning, if it is possible to hire any; if not, there will be plenty wanting a job by Saturday, and he can then get all he wants. It's bound to be a long search, for there's no telling where the boat capsized."
Nothing save Sam's untimely fate was spoken of during the time they were packing up the goods and carrying them to the tent, and then Mr. Sweet, after having been told the sad news, said, without commenting upon it:
"You boys had better go to supper now, an' get back before dark, for there's no knowin' but that some of those fellows who called on me may be waiting to take their revenge out on you."
"How did you get rid of them?" Dan asked.
"That part of it was as easy as rollin' off a log, after you boys were out of sight. I let 'em in one at a time, an' the chumps never tumbled to the fact that you had gone under the canvas. They came to the conclusion you must have climbed over the fence, an' we didn't take the trouble to show them the mistake. It was a close shave, though. At one time, when I was talkin' so loud about stealing, I thought we'd have the toughest kind of a row."
"Is the money all right?"
"It's jest where I left it, an' won't be touched till he comes to claim it, unless you boys want to take charge of the property."
"Indeed we don't," Teddy replied, quickly. "I've had all I want of such caretaking."
"Then go to supper, an' hurry back."
The boys waited only long enough to stow their goods in the wagon, and then Mr. Sweet's advice was acted upon.