"There comes that schooner!" shouted Ash Burton.
It was the La Motte, headed up the lake.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE PLAN THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
Just as soon as Dory dropped the painter of the tender into the water, the wind drove the boat away from the La Motte in the direction of the shore. Mackwith and Chuckworth, the two robbers who had appeared on the shore after their search in the woods for Angy, were too far off to notice it.
"Now, we must not allow ourselves to be seen or heard," said Dory, as soon as he had let go the painter. "They will find the boat, and come on board."
"But don't you think they will suspect that something is wrong for their side of the question?" asked Mr. Jepson.
"Why should they think so?" asked Dory.
"Since they left the schooner, she has been moved to her present position; and the boat in which Angy left the vessel is found on the beach."
"They may not be able to account for what they see, but it does not follow that they will suspect any thing; though it will not make much difference if they do," replied Dory, shrugging his shoulders.
"Of course, they will understand that the fellows they left on board have moved the schooner; but I am afraid they will suspect something when they find the boat on the beach," continued the machinist.