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Chapter 8

           Andwithgreatdreamsofbeingtheonetocapturethemurderer—Iarrestyou,ClydeGriffiths,inthenameofthelaw!—yetbecauseofinstructionsfromMason,aswellasSlack,grievingthatinstead,shouldhedetectanysigns,beingthefurthermostoutpost,hemust,inordertoavoidfrighteningthepreyorlosinghim,turnonhistrackandfromsomepointnotsolikelytobeheardbythecriminalfireonesingleshotfromhiseight-chamberedrepeater,whereuponwhicheverpartychancedtobenearestwouldfireoneshotinreplyandthenproceedasswiftlyaspossibleinhisdirection.Butundernocircumstanceswashetoattempttotakethecriminalalone,unlessnotingthedeparturebyboatoronfootofasuspiciouspersonwhoansweredthedescriptionofClyde.

           Atthisveryhour,Clyde,withHarleyBaggott,BertineandSondra,inoneofthecanoes,paddlingeastwardalongwiththeremainderoftheflotilla,lookingbackandwondering.Supposingbynow,someofficerorsomeonehadarrivedatSharonandwasfollowinghimuphere?Forwoulditbehardtofindwherehehadgone,supposingonlythattheyknewhisname?

           Buttheydidnotknowhisname.

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