“How come?”
“Didn’t you hear him say that he lost him in New York only two weeks ago?”
“I remember it now that you mention it.”
“Well then, just put two and two together and see if you don’t get four. Our ghost has been on the job six weeks or more.”
“I get you. As I’ve said before, it’s a great thing to have brains.”
“Well, let’s make it snappy now or it’ll be time for supper before we get to fishing.”
But before they had time to get into the canoe Helen came running on to the wharf.
“Who were those men?” she demanded.
“One was Mr. Kane, the sheriff, and another was a real live detective and the others were deputies,” Jack told her.
“Mercy, how exciting. What did they want?”