Sandy seemed to hang back and the manager asked him:
"Do you want to give up your part in it, now that you have your money again? Don't you want the barn burned?"
"Oh, yes; it ain't that!" the young farmer hastened to assure the manager. "It's a good thing we didn't burn the barn before we found the money. I was only wishin' I could send word of it to Squire Blasdell, so he could call off the foreclosure. I hate to see them signs up."
"Then you go and tell him the good news," suggested the manager, generously. "We've had so many delays on this thing that a little more won't hurt. Go tell the squire."
So Sandy went off, and the players had an unexpected rest.
CHAPTER XXIV
EXPLANATIONS
Sandy found Squire Blasdell having an interview with the strange prisoner.
"I'm putting him on the grill, and trying to find out something about him, but it's hard work," the Squire said to the young farmer.