An experienced crook would never have committed such a blunder, and left so plain a trail.

Why, it looked as if we were being taken by the hand and led there." "But I guess you didn't carry away the stuff right then, did you, Chief ?" Thad went on to say, a wise look on his face.
"Hardly, son, hardly," replied the other, with a gesture of his hands.

"That would have been too silly for anything.

What we did was to back away, and cover our own footprints as well as we could.
Then we hid to await developments.

I left my man up there while I came back to town to conduct my business.