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estimate when he has paced a mile within a very few feet.

Arriving at the general point where the imaginary line ran, they
branched off at right angles and walked the necessary distance to bring
them to a location in line with the Green farm. To make sure, Garry
climbed to the top of a tree, and with his glasses soon spotted the
farm.

Garry elected to stay at this point, and instructed his companions to
pace a sixteenth of a mile to either side, and there find a likely tree
and mount it to keep their long vigil.

"We ought not to have to wait a great length of time, for they will have
to get to their destination to get the furs and come back again, since
they intend to bring them tonight," said Garry. "There doesn't seem to
be any way that we can signal to each other in the event that they see
the men pass, so I suggest that a full half hour wait be made after the
man or men, for they will probably all go together, or at very near
intervals, have passed and then duck back to this tree where I am
holding out, and report. We all know what LeBlanc and Green look like,
but Dick here never saw the other two accomplices, so I'll describe them
carefully. Wait until they have all crossed before leaving your post,
and when you do, be on your guard every step of the way, to prevent
surprise."

Garry then described the men for Dick's benefit, and assuring himself
that all instructions were understood, dispatched the chums to their
posts, and then selected the tree that he intended to use for a post.
Climbing up into the branches so that he would be out of sight, and yet
be able to command a view, he made himself as comfortable as possible,
although there was no rocking chair ease. Taking off his coat he made a
sort of a cushion of it, in the crotch formed by the juncture of two
heavy branches and made ready for his wait.

Nearly two hours passed without his seeing a sign of any approach, and
the uncomfortable seat began to be irksome. Occasionally he stretched
himself by climbing up into the tree a ways, and then back again.

He was beginning to think that he had bargained for too much, to
guarantee to stay there and watch for the approach of the smugglers.

Another hour passed, and he began to be stiff and strained. At that
moment he heard a whistle, a succession of different notes which he at
once recognized as a signal often used by the three when they were
approaching each other.

In a few moments Dick loomed int