"What ye goin' ter do?"
"Take him ter La Grange an' find out what he knows. We'll use the automobile."
"That's plumb foolish! He'll git next ter the whole game, then he'll have us dead ter rights."
"If I'm figgerin' this thing right, some 'un's next ter our game as it is, an' we've got ter take the girl an' move. The automobile'll come in handy fer us, an' when we pull out we can leave Harris behind. I've run the engine in the Hawk, an' I know enough about motor cars ter run that machine. Hurry up! We want ter git away from here afore that other dub comes back from the quarry."
Harris, breathing heavily and still unconscious, was picked up neck and heels and rushed to the car.
"You git in behind with him," said Whipple, as the officer was placed in the tonneau, "an' I'll git in the driver's seat. We'll pass up lookin' fer Brady in the quarry fer now. I reckon Harris can tell us all we want ter know."
The two scoundrels got into the car, Whipple pausing first to crank up the engine.
Turning the car around the other way, he headed along the back track, gradually speeding up the motor. The rascals had had one backset, but this move seemed likely to more than make up for it.