"Do you know what happened to that plug, Carlos?" he asked, as they reached the open road and bowled forward at a good speed.
"I've got a pretty good guess. It was not altogether an accident, eh?"
"An accident, well, it was, in a sense. I happened to be near that machine with a monkey wrench and in some way was careless enough to let it put that plug out of business."
Both men laughed heartily, as if Kelly's rascally act had been the most amusing thing in the world.
"You are a genius," declared Le Roy.
"Well, I reckon I know a thing or two," was the modest response; "besides, I need that money."
"But what is your plan?"
"I'll tell you as we go along. Drive fast, but don't keep so close to that other car that they can get sight of us."
"Not much fear of that. They had a long start of us and are out of sight now."
"So much the better. It doesn't interfere with my plans a bit, provided they take the same road back."