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The two men had evidently sought shelter elsewhere , for he saw nothing of them during the evening . After a hearty supper , which was all the more needed , because he had refrained from buying dinner , in order to husband his rapidly decreasing store of cash , Jet wrote a long letter to Harvey , telling him all he had learned , and urging that some officer be sent to Saranac Lake in order to make the arrest . `` I shall keep on their track as long as I can , '' he said in conclusion ; `` but after they get into the woods it 's going to be a hard job , and the sooner they are pulled the more certain we 'll be of having them . '' This done he went to bed and slept soundly until awakened at six o'clock . Half an hour later he was at the depot , and took a seat in the smoking-car . Neither Bob nor Sam were there ; but they arrived five minutes before the train left , and seated themselves some distance from Jet . From that time until considerably past noon the boy could do no more than watch his men ; but he was well content , knowing they had no suspicion as to being followed .