nk they'll try to come in by the fence
near the railroad spur. They'll know that the main gates would be
closely guarded, and the spur itself. But the fence near the spur is
easy to climb, and I think that's where they'll try to get in."

"And I'll tell you how to catch, them, too, Mr. Carew," said Pete
Stubbs. "They'll have to get inside the car to fix that dynamite, you
know, and get it ready to set off, and if Jack and I are right behind
them, I don't see why we can't lock them inside the car. Then, if the
gate is open, we can start the car rolling down the grade, and it will
run right outside of the yard and down toward the freight yard. If we
really catch them we'll have plenty of time to give the alarm, and they
can be taken right out of the car. If they made a racket here they
might make trouble."

"That's so," said Jack. "I think Pete's got the right idea, Mr. Carew.
You see, those strikers, if they have an inkling of what's going to
happen, are likely to be pretty close by, watching for the chance to
rush in after the explosion, if I know anything about the way Big Ed
manages things."

"You mean they might make an attempt at a rescue?"

"That's just the danger I should guess, sir. Big Ed and his precious
friends probably plan to set a time fuse, and then disappear, and get
as far as possible away before the explosion, so that they can have
witnesses to prove that they were a long way off when the explosion
took place."

They spent the afternoon not in sleep, as Jack and Pete had planned to
do, but in going all over the ground outside the shops of the big
factory, trying to determine the places most likely to be selected by
Willis and his gang in their effort to reach the dynamite. Then, when
they were satisfied that they had inspected the whole place, and that
they could find their way even if they were blindfolded, Jack and Pete
rested.

After supper Mr. Simms insisted that they should have some sleep. He
told them they would have a hard night's work ahead of them, and that,
as there was no telling at what time the attempt to reach the dynamite
would be made, they must guard against the danger of getting sleepy.

"We're still depending a good deal on you two," he said, "although you
have, of course, already made the complete success of this plot
impossible. But if they got to that car without being seen, and
discovered that their dynamite had been taken away, they might still
make an effor