He is taking terrible chances to-night to learn a little more about the plans which these fellows are discussing.

We are here in case he needs our help to get away.

We've cleared the shrubs away, close to the spot at which I am going to ask you to wait, and taken the spikes off the fence.

It's just a thousand to one chance that if he's hard pressed for it and heads this way, they may think that they have him in a trap and take it quietly.

That is to say, they'll wait to capture him instead of shooting." "Say, you don't mean this seriously ?" Richard exclaimed.