I might have called for assistance on the policemen we passed, and have taken them into custody.
But this would have been worse than useless under the circumstances.
The rascals could not be held and punished because it could not be proved that they had intended committing a robbery.
Men cannot be sent to prison for intention of wrong. They must be proved to have committed the wrong.
Should I back out of accompanying them?
So I asked myself.
While still in a state of uncertainty we reached the ferry.
"I will go along," I mentally decided. "I may be able to give an alarm and collar them there as well as if it had taken place here."
And so I went.
We reached the little town after a short ride in the cars, a little town which I shall not name, but which is noted for its handsome residences, and its wealthy people.