hey broke into the office
at Cedar Bush and got fifty dollars in stamps besides some money. Guess
they was making a trip of it."

"Did they make a good haul at Riverton?"

"Guess they did and it was lucky they didn't get more. They got into the
bank all right but was scared away before they got much."

"Buck said they got nothing from the bank."

"Well, they did but not all they might have. Folks don't want to say too
much down there."

"I'd like to show you the country around here, Jack," said Dick. "Jump
in. There are all sorts of stories about this affair and we won't get
the truth of it for some time. I'll show you the creek and the bridge
and you may get an idea of the risks these fellows ran unless they knew
the region well, which I imagine they did."

They took the road for a quarter of a mile back from the station and
then saw the banks of the creek ahead of them.

An eighth of a mile farther on the road turned sharply and ran along the
creek but at a short distance from it, making a sudden turn again at the
end of two or three hundred yards and crossing where the banks were
steep and high and the creek itself quite tumultuous.

"This is the same creek that you reach from the ravine back of the
Academy in the woods," said Percival. "The banks there are quite high
and rough. There is a descent from here to the river and there the creek
does not make much trouble. Here, however it is all the time roaring and
tumbling. They tell a number of stories about it. During the American
Revolution it had considerable fame I believe."

"It makes stir enough now to call attention to itself at any rate,"
laughed Jack. "It certainly is a noisy little stream. Here is where the
robbers crossed over? I can see auto tracks close to the rail. They did
go over and back, Dick, although the agent says they did not."

"The stories are greatly confused and you won't find out what really
happened for some time, I don't think. That man with the white mustache
and black hair ought to be readily recognized. If he is a professional
some ought to know him."

"Yes, probably they will," and Dick once more noticed that his companion
seemed agitated.

He asked Jack to turn and go back as he did not feel quite equal to the
task, the road being a bad one so Jack took the wheel and got them back
to the station with little trouble.

Stopping here a few minutes and listening to the talk but learning
nothing new, they went through the li