“WE’VE GOT AS MUCH RIGHT HERE AS THIS RIVER HAS, AND WANT TO GET ACROSS.”
Pee-wee whispered to me very anxious-like, “You better look out how you talk to him, he’s a detective. He can arrest us if he wants to.”
Westy said, “Why should we be afraid? We haven’t taken anything.”
I said, “I’m not so sure about that. We’re taking a hike. Maybe if we can’t prove it belongs to us——”
“You’re crazy,” the kid said.
“I know a fellow who got arrested for stealing third base when he was on the High School team,” Hunt said.
I said, “Hey, Mr. Pinchem, can we get arrested for taking a hike that doesn’t belong to us?”
He just laughed because he knows we’re all crazy. He said, “Well, what’s on your mind now? You want to be arrested, huh?”
“We didn’t say that,” the kid spoke up.