He must be a light sleeper." "I only hope they think we were after chickens, Cuffer.

If they knew the truth--" The man named Shelley broke off with a coarse laugh.
"Well, we got chickens the other night, didn't we ?" and now the man called Cuffer laughed also.

"But say, this is getting serious," he went on presently.

"Merrick expects us to do this job for him and do it quick, and he won't like it at all when he finds out how we have missed it." "We can't do the impossible.

Those Rovers are too wide awake for us." "They certainly were too wide awake for Merrick in that traction company bond matter.