The Rovers now went to consult him further.
"I agree, something should be done," said the captain.

"Perhaps you had better go to the nearest telegraph office, Richard, and telegraph to your folks.

You might also get some of the local authorities to take up the hunt for this criminal." "Who are the local authorities ?" "I really don't know, but we can find out at Oakville." In the end Dick and Tom received permission to leave camp for an indefinite time.

Late as it was, they hurried to Oakville and caught the telegraph operator at the little railroad station just as he was shutting up for the night.
Having sent the message to their father they made inquiries of the operator and learned that the town boasted of a Judge Perkins and that the local constable was Munro Staton.
"Do you mean the farmer who lives down on the road to Bass Lake ?" asked Dick.

"The man who has twin daughters ?" "That's the man." "Why, he was in camp to-day, with his daughters," cried Dick.