"'Cause there was a prisoner escaped up yonder last night an' when I see the smoke comin' out o' yer flue contraption here I thought like enough he hit this shelter."
"Up yonder?" Tom queried.
"You're strangers, hey?" the man repeated.
"We're on a hike," said Tom. "We're on our way to Haverstraw and——"
"Thence," prompted Pee-wee.
"Thence to Catskill Landing, and thence to Leeds and thence to Black Lake," mocked Roy.
"Well, thar's a big prison up yonder," said the man.
"Oh, Sing Sing?" Roy asked. "I never thought of that."
"Feller scaled the wall last night an' made off in a boat."