“Shall we look under the floor?” inquired Fred quickly.
“Yes, look under the floor. Anywhere and everywhere. Work as fast as you are able, but don’t forget that in about an hour the Jap will come back with those two Great Danes.”
“Do you want us to go straight to the barn!” inquired Fred.
“No. I think it will be better for you first to go up the shore about a mile. Then you can land and I don’t think you will be so likely to be seen from the house on your way to the barn. You will be pretty well behind it anyway. As I told you, I’ll try to keep the woman busy and I do not think that will be a very hard task.”
“Does she know you?” asked John.
“Yes, in a way. She has seen me several times and she is jealous. She thinks I am in the same business that her husband is working in.”
“Do you mean smuggling?”
“Yes.”
“Smuggling what?”
“If you find that box I will tell you more about it. Now, one of you boys take the skiff and land me and then take the skiff with you while you go farther down the shore in the motor-boat.”