“Then we ought to be able to catch him all right,” Jack declared.
“We’ll do our best.”
“You bet we will.”
Captain Jim had already made arrangements for Captain Brice and Jack to board at the farm house.
They returned to the hotel shortly before six o’clock and Captain Jim joined them a few minutes later.
“Well I guess I’ve got everything all ready at last,” he announced.
“What time do we start?” Bob asked.
“I’ve told the men to be here at five o’clock.”
“Then we ought to reach the place sometime Wednesday afternoon if we have good luck.”
“That’s what I reckoned on.”