"Well, I hope I have seen the last of Monkey Rae for a good while," went on Pepper.
"Then as Dogberry says: 'Let us call the watch together and thank
God we are rid of a knave,'" quoted Rand.
Picking up the drifting boat the Scout was headed down the river and in a few minutes they were off the colonel's landing. Here, the boys would have taken their boat and rowed home, but the colonel insisted on carrying them down to Creston, which was quickly done in the bracing breeze.
"Remember, as soon as you are ready," he said as he left them, "I will swear you in as Scouts."
CHAPTER X
LOOKING FOR A CLUE
"Hello, Jack," called Rand, meeting the former on the street the following morning, hurrying along in his usual fashion, "what's the latest?"
"About what?" asked Jack in turn.
"About everything. Anything new about the robbing of Judge Taylor's office the other night?"
"Haven't heard much yet," replied Jack. "I was just going around there to see if they had found out anything more."