“All right. You see, it occurred to me that now would be a good time to put into execution a plan that I’ve had in mind for some time. It is this. If they are mixed up in this thing in any way the knowledge that we’re going to bring the dog here will, I believe, cause them to make some change in their plans. Now I’m going to let you go for Sicum while I slip back and watch the camp.”
“But suppose they should catch you?”
“I’ve thought of that but they won’t.”
“I don’t like it,” Jack declared after a short pause. “If they’re innocent and I still believe they are, I don’t like the idea of spying on them.”
“I expected you would say that and I feel the same way about it, but I’ve thought it all over and I believe that the end justifies the means. If they are in it of course it’s no more than they deserve and if they are not what they don’t know isn’t going to hurt them.”
“If only they don’t find it out,” Jack mused doubtfully.
“Well, of course, if you’re opposed to it we’ll drop it.”
“I’m not. Since you put it that way I think it’s a good plan only, for goodness sake, be careful.”
“I will,” Bob promised as he stepped out of the canoe.
“But where will I pick you up? And suppose they should take a notion to come down to the dam or—”