Umph! I guess that was a
recommend fer bravery. But these fellers will be ready fer us, won't
they?"
"We can trick them easily. I've been thinking of a plan all afternoon.
We don't know just where they are now, so we can't rake them in
to-night. We'll have to wait until they come to us. My plan is to have a
half-dozen competent private detectives up from New York. We can scatter
them through the audience next Thursday night, and when the right time
comes we can land on every one of those fellows like hawks on spring
chickens. I know the chief of a big private agency in New York, and I
think the best plan is to have him send up some good men. It won't cost
much, and I'd rather have those fearless practical men here than all the
rubes you could deputise. One of 'em is worth ten of your
fellow-citizens, Mr. Crow, begging your pardon for the remark. You and I
can keep the secret and we can do the right thing, but we would be asses
to take more Tinkletown asses into our confidence. If you'll agree, I'll
write to Mr. Pinkerton this evening. He can have his men here, disguised
and ready for work, by Thursday afternoon. If you don't mind, I'd like
to have you take charge of the affair, because you know just how to
handle thieves, and I don't. What say you?"
Anderson was ready and eager to agree to anything, but he hesitated a
long time before concluding to take supreme charge of the undertaking.
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