"I came up here to let you know that Bob Hale hasn't anything to do with this business," I shouted.
The boat was receding from the shore, and nothing more could be said. I saw that both Tom's and my uncle's horses were harnessed, and standing at the front door of the house. I watched them closely, and presently they got into their respective vehicles, and drove off.
CHAPTER XII.
IN WHICH ERNEST OBTAINS SOME VALUABLE LETTERS.
WHAT will they do?" asked Kate, trembling with fear, when I told her my uncle and Tom had driven off.
"I don't know; that is what I would like to ascertain," I replied, considering the circumstances which presented themselves. "If they were going to the same place, they would have taken the same vehicle. It is about fifteen miles round by the road to Cannondale. I think one of them must have gone that way. About two miles below, the road lies near the lake, and I will run down where I can see which of them goes in that direction."
"I am terribly frightened, Ernest Thornton," said my fair passenger, after I had headed the Splash in the direction indicated.
"I cannot deny, Kate, that we are both in great danger of being captured; but I shall do the best I can, and we can only hope that it will come out right in the end. Tom Thornton will do everything that mortal man can do to catch us."