Before supper Bob called Jack and told him that the men arrived and that he might expect word to start most any time the following day.
“Are all five of them there?” Jack asked.
“Yes, there’re all here.”
“Good, we’ll nab the whole bunch.”
“Here’s hoping.”
As soon as it was too dark for the man on duty to see the cabin he returned and reported all quiet.
“We’ll all turn in early to-night because we must be up as soon as it is light. He’s apt to come any time and we don’t want to miss a trick,” the Captain ordered, and the men all readily agreed that it was the best plan.
“I’d like to creep up close to that cabin and see if I can hear what they are saying,” Bob said to the Captain a few minutes later. “I might find out something that would help.”
“And then again you might get caught. No, you’ve taken all the risk you’re going to on this job,” and the Captain shook his head.
“But, Captain—”