Before leaving the cave they disguised themselves as farm workmen. In this dress they approached the farmhouse, but there was something that diverted them from their original purpose and led them to keep their distance.
Sitting on the portico was a tall man dressed as a Quaker.
“That’s the man!” said Hugh quickly. “That’s the man who drove up to the jail last evening with your brother.”
James Fox looked at him closely.
“It is best to let sleeping dogs lie,” he said. “We will push on to the jail.”
CHAPTER XIX
LIVING WITH THIEVES
Meanwhile Ernest was left in the cave with Frank. He had been brought in blindfolded and was therefore ignorant as to the entrance or exit. He thought he might, without arousing the boy’s suspicion, seek information from him on these points.