"I was foolish not to discharge him when I made up my mind to do so," rejoined Frank. "I felt all along that the fellow was a scoundrel."
Bluewater Bill had entered the shed while the boys were discussing the situation and Le Blanc was tearing his hair. He was soon made acquainted with what had happened.
"Say," he said finally after due consideration, "that was a pretty heavy lever, wasn't it, boys?"
"Yes," was the reply.
"Then he didn't carry it very fur. This fellow Sandboy, I mean."
"I don't suppose so," rejoined Frank.
"In that case he must have hidden it somewhere."
"That's true, but that doesn't put us any nearer to finding it."
"Have you tried?"
"No."