“They’re at a loss to know whether their prisoner has got free or some one has got in,” Bob suggested.
For another moment all was silent, then from directly beneath the open window came the voice of Jacques Harbaugh.
“You open dat door, oui, or we bust heem in.”
Bob held up his hand as a signal not to answer.
“When we geet in we keel you you no open door.”
Again Bob signaled for silence.
“Keep him guessing,” he whispered.
“You Stebbins, what you mean, eh?” Jacques’s voice now had more of a coaxing note in it.
“Guess he’s afraid to peep in,” Jack whispered.
After a short time they heard the man moving away from the cabin, and for fully half an hour there was no sound from outside.