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asked Jack . `` Well , I 'm betting they are both right . '' Ned went to his cabin and opened the tin box . He lingered over what he found there until noon and then called Frank into conference with him . `` There 's a plot which involves officers at Canton , '' he said , `` and we may as well bag the whole bunch . '' `` Of course . We ought to make a good job of it , as Jimmie says . ''