He would have run down to tell Dan of the startling news had it not been for Mr. Harvey's injunction to remain in the places designated, and he was so nervous that only with the greatest difficulty could he wait upon an impatient customer.
An hour passed, and nothing had been heard from either the lawyer or the burglar.
The visitors remained later on this day than usual; but the tardy ones were departing, and it was with a decided sense of relief that Teddy began to pack up his stock for the night. Dan arrived before the work was finished, and his excitement was great when he learned of what had happened.
"Can't we go somewhere to find out if the man was arrested?" he asked, eagerly.
"I promised to be on hand in case the lawyer should want me."
"Then we'll get the stuff to the tent, go to supper, an' afterward I'll snoop 'round to hear the news."
All hands worked rapidly, and in ten minutes the three boys were at the boarding-house, eating as if each moment were of the utmost importance, when they overheard a conversation between two men at the next table which caused them no slight degree of relief and pleasure:
"Who was that drunken fellow Constable Ford lugged off this evening?" one of the men asked, and the other replied:
"A man who swindled a boy over at Waterville out of fifteen dollars."
"I didn't see any boy in the crowd."