It took but a few minutes to get connected with their home in Skowhegan and they learned that their parents were much worried about them. They told them something of their experiences but left out all about the danger they had incurred.
“Time enough to tell them about that later,” Bob explained as he hung up.
“Can you arrest them on Canadian soil?” asked Bob as they were about to leave the office.
“It could be done, I suppose, but I’d much rather get that fellow with the goods this side of the line.”
They went to the hotel where the captain was stopping and he secured a fine room for the boys next to his own.
“This’ll make it handy for us,” he explained.
After supper they spent a very enjoyable evening at the theatre with the captain, but nothing more regarding plans for the capture of the liquor runners was said.
“We’ll have a good long talk about it in the morning,” the captain told them as he bade them goodnight.
“He’s sure one peach of a man,” Jack declared as they were undressing, and Bob heartily agreed with him.