We will steal up to the rear of the blankets, within a few feet of where they are standing, and will crawl quietly under them.

When we are missed, they are sure to suppose that we have either made down the slope, or along the brow, and will at once set off in pursuit.

The betting is they'll all go, but if only one or two are left, we may take them by surprise.

At any rate it seems our best chance." Hawtry agreed, and it was decided that they should attempt to put the plan into execution that evening.
Late in the afternoon, the brigands, as usual, came dropping in, in twos and threes.

One brought in a kid, and two others exhibited to their admiring friends a purse containing some ten or twelve dollars in silver.