"It was the fog which delayed us," the officer explained. "We couldn't
see a foot ahead of us."
"H'm, so that was the trouble," and the captain gave a grunt of
disgust. "Why didn't ye bring some one along who knows the river?
I've been holdin' them chaps down fer three solid hours. I guess the
lad here and me have earned our money this time all right."
"What money?" the officer sharply asked.
"The reward, of course; the hundred dollars offered fer the capture of
them chaps."
"Oh, we'll look after that," was the nettled reply.
"Ye will, will ye? I guess ye'll git up earlier than ye did this
mornin' if ye do. I'll stand by my scouts, and don't let me catch ye
tryin' any tricks on me. There, ye'd better git off now, fer I want to
go home. Take good care that them chaps don't git away. Come, Rod,
let's be off."
CHAPTER XXII
A NEW ADVENTURE
There was considerable excitement in Hillcrest over the capture of the
two robbers. Never before had such a thing happened in their quiet
community, and it formed a choice subject of conversation for many
weeks. The city papers made much of it, and commended Captain Josh and
the scouts upon what they had done. One morning paper which was very
favourable to the Scout movement, had a special editorial on the
subject, under the heading of "The Lone Patrol.
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