clubhouse now and that while the property 51 was not his, the best advice he could offer was not to meddle with anything in the buildings or on the grounds. 51 Quite baffled by the Swede's apparent friendliness, yet certain that he was practicing deception, Phil returned to the machine. He told fully of the conversation with Anderson while the car purred forward. Without exception the boys agreed with him that the talk of forest fires was like the denial of all knowledge of the clubhouse being occupied–simple deception, and nothing else. Clinching the soundness of this reasoning also, was the certain fact that the recent clubhouse tenant was now Anderson's guest. "Grandall! He saw Murky or Murky saw him! He must have guessed that Murky has found out how he had been given the double cross, and was after him in dead earnest. Result: Grandall, in cahoots with Anderson for some bad business or other, packs his little satchel and goes to the Swede's to stay." 52So did Dave MacLester reason the whole matter out. Chip Slider nodded his endorsement of these conclusions. 52 "They've got that stolen money, so they have!" he said. "We could have them arrested," he added, only the word he used was "pinched." "And we will! Mark that!" said Phil Way. Yet it often does happen that young gentlemen, and older ones, too, make assertions which, in the end, lead not where it was thought they would do at all. 53CHAPTER V"WHO SAID I WAS AFRAID?" 53 "WHO SAID I WAS AFRAID?" For Billy's information the developments of the afternoon were told and retold when all were again together in the camp. There was much discussion, too, concerning the advisability of causing the arrest of the man in the golfing cap and, possibly, Nels Anderson as well. Meantime Billy had announced supper. It was a most tempting little meal with warm soda biscuits and honey as the chief items. The former Chef Worth had prepared during the afternoon and the latter he had caused to be brought from Fraley's in anticipation of his having the biscuits ready.
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