For a moment there was silence, and then Tom objected:
“Well, maybe it’s clear to you, Frank, but I can’t see it that way.”
“Me either,” declared Phil.
“Why, it’s as simple as anything,” declared the Big Californian.
“Well, maybe it is,” admitted Sid, “but kindly translate. It’s too deep for us.”
“Look here,” went on Frank. “That jeweler saw us at the wreck; didn’t he?”
“No question about that,” admitted Tom.
“And we helped him look around. We were here first; and we said we didn’t see anything of the stuff.”
“No question about that,” admitted Sid, following Tom’s lead.