"Still, I won't condemn you until this whole thing is cleared up.

Just now we've got to find those young ladies." "Going to leave me tied up ?" cried the chauffeur.
"Yes, until we get back." "That aint fair nohow!" "Well, fair or not, that's the way it is going to be," put in Tom.

"My own opinion is, you are almost as guilty as anybody.

You didn't plan this thing, but you were perfectly willing to do your share in carrying it out." The chauffeur begged and pleaded, but the three boys would not listen to him.

All were eager to go on, to ascertain what had become of Dora and Nellie.