"Wuz them lubbers down in that 'ere holler?" asked Tim.
"Yes–the whole gang," replied Jack.
"Den dot feller by horses back vos van ohf dem?"
"He was, Fritz, and a nice plot they have formed."
"Wot is it?" asked Tim.
The inventor briefly explained.
When he finished he sent the stage ahead.
Tim and Fritz armed themselves, to be prepared for trouble, and they sped along the course of the creek.
Nothing was seen of the bandits for some time.
They had gone several miles in this manner from the place where Timberlake was captured, when the moon suddenly burst from behind a cloud bank.