"
"We can give it a try," cried Chick.
"Help me extinguish these lights, and then we'll be off again."
"I'm with you."
"What sent you into the house so suddenly?"
"The reports of your revolver," explained Chick. "I at once recognized
its bark, and knew something was wrong."
"Ah! I see."
"I saw the light in the chamber, and supposed you might be letting the
woman prepare to go with you," added Chick. "That was while I sat in the
cab. But when I heard your gun, I smashed open the front door and bolted
upstairs."
"Very lucky, too," nodded Nick. "That she-devil would have burned the
house, and me in the bargain. But the end is not yet."
"Well, hardly!" laughed Chick, as they descended the front stairs and
extinguished the last light.
"We'll stop an officer, and send him here to watch the house," said
Nick. "Then we'll have a look at Venner's dwelling. It's my opinion,
Chick, that our work has now begun in good earnest."
"Well, I reckon we shall prove equal to it," smiled Chick, rather
grimly, as they hastened to enter the waiting carriage.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DIAMOND PLANT.
"This does settle it!"
"What do you mean, Dave?"
"It must be done?"
"We must get these Carters--that's what! If we don't get them,
Spotty--you take my word for it--they'll get us!"
"Do you really think so, Dave?"
"Not think, but know so!" declared Kilgore, with emphasis.
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