Dick was silent.
“Say, Smiley, I like the way you're acting in this business. If anything on earth will make it any brighter for you, it is what you are doing now. You might even go a step farther if you should feel like it any time. It's plain that McGlory and Spencer are pretty deep in, and if you would come out and tell all you know, it might help you a lot.”
“I have told all I know.”
“Oh, of course,—that's just as you like.”
They were silent again for a few moments. Then Dick spoke up. “You feel pretty sure about their being in Canada, don't you?”
“Have you thought of anything else?”
“Yes. Where is the other revenue cutter now?”
“The Porter? At Buffalo, I think,—or Cleveland, or Detroit.”
“And she's about twice as fast as the Foote, isn't she?”
“Just about.”