"He'll be miles and miles away before the constable gets his badge pinned on to go after him." "Oh, Jed is smart," cried the farmer.

"He's my wife's second cousin, and the whole family is mighty cute." "All right, let him catch the thief," answered Pepper.
Matters were talked over for several minutes, and the boys decided to separate, Andy and Pepper to remain on guard at the Lodge and Fred and Jack to run the iceboat to Cedarville and take Isaac Fasick along.
"Now, don't you run into no air-holes!" cried the farmer, as he took a seat on the _Skimmer_.

"I don't want to drown just yet, not me!" "We'll be on our guard," answered the owner of the craft.
"The wind is just right," said Jack, as the mainsail was hoisted.

This was true, and the run to the village took but a few minutes.

While the boys went off to send their message to the Fords, Isaac Fasick hunted up the constable and related what had occurred.
"Ha! a robbery, eh ?" cried the constable, looking highly important.
"That's it, Jed." "And you caught the boys in the house all alone ?" went on the constable, trying to look very wise.
"Why, yes; I did." "Maybe they did the robbery, Isaac." "By gum! I didn't think of that, Jed!" exclaimed the farmer.
"It would be an easy way of tryin' to look innercent," went on the constable.