He says he will write or telegraph if anything new develops.

He thinks, with the extra watchmen on guard, and the detectives at work, Crabtree and Sobber will get scared and leave them alone." "I hope they do," said Sam.

He heaved a deep sigh.

"Gracious! it seems to me that no sooner are we out of one trouble than we get into another!" "That is true." "It's too bad--to have this piled on poor dad when he's so worried about that business affair." "Well, you know the old saying, 'troubles never come singly,'" answered the older brother.
After that the three boys watched the mails anxiously for over a week.
Then came another letter from their father, in which he stated that nothing new had developed.

Then came another wait--until the day after that set by Crabtree and Sobber for the delivery of the fifty thousand dollars,--when Dick got a telegram, as follows: "All quiet.