"Yah. Ve vos litsten," added Fritz.
"Awast yer lubbers!" growled the old fellow, sourly.
They might have chaffed him considerably more, but just then Jack interrupted them with the startled exclamation:
"Hark, boys!"
"Vos iss?" eagerly asked Fritz.
"Horses' hoofs coming!"
"Ay, ay, I hears 'em!" said Tim.
"There's a wagon, too," the sheriff added.
The sound was rapidly approaching along the road.
All listened intently, and soon distinguished the steady pounding of hoofs and the rumble of wheels.