"Before you begin, let men be placed inside the house, one at each door and window, so there may be no possibility of escape if you run your game to earth," Master Dean said. "Then go to work systematically and search every nook and corner; but remember that housewives are particular as to how their belongings are tumbled about."
By this time the visitors were in a good humor, and Master Lamb drew a long breath of relief, believing that Lieutenant Oakman would speedily be captured, and in such a manner that no blame could attach to his friend or himself.
"It is a very comfortable way out of what promised to be a disagreeable situation," he whispered to the silversmith while the sentinels were being posted. "They will find the fellow in the chest, and no one can suspect, after your caution as to the thoroughness of the search, that we had any knowledge of his presence."
"You are right, friend Lamb. I only wish I had as cool a head and as quick a wit as you."
"Dere!" Scipio exclaimed triumphantly to the girls. "Now you'se kin see why Massa didn't want you to tell him what we'd been doin' ob! Course he knows wha' we'd done; but so long as yo' didn't splain de whole ting, he could 'pear mighty innercent like."
"How fortunate it was that I paid particular attention to what he and mother said, else things
