Part 17 (1/2)
”But suppose, after all, he has got all the stuff hid away Sohtn't we to go back?”
He paused as he said these words, and then laid his hand firmly on Archy's shoulder
”I didn't tell you,” he said, ”what I sahen I went back to the farerly
”That old chap having a glass of real sled spirits”
”How do you knoas?”
”Because I tasted it No er to get o up yonder, and that looks bad He knows all about it”
”Nonsense! If he knew that the soods were up there he wouldn't send us to find them”
”How do you know? ThatIf he'd as good as said don't go up there, and tried to stop us, we should have gone at once”
”But we can't go back and search, Gurr Suppose we did go and ransacked the place, and hurt everybody's feelings, and then found nothing, what should we look like then?”
”Silly,” said theon behind thesent on such dooty,” he burst out with ”It isn't right to send gentlemen and officers to do such dirty work I've been ashamed of myself ever since I've been on the cutter Hallo! Here's the farain”
For they had suddenly cooing on so business, and he started apparently froentle back?”
”Yes,” said Gurr smartly
”Found the stuff?”
”No”
”I say”
”Well?”
”Are you sure there was anything landed there last night?”
”Of course we are”
”Oh, I didn't know Good day, gentle to hiet back to the cove and row back
But before they were half way there, Archy who had been thinking deeply, suddenly said to Gurr--
”I say, though, isn't he right?”
”What about, ht?”