CHAPTER XVII. 

_A TERRIBLE NIGHT._ 

At just about the same moment when Teddy and Dan were running with Hazelton's money at full speed toward the museum tent, with the chance of escape very much against them, Sam was in a decidedly painful frame of mind. 

After he had been securely tied the two men conversed in low tones for several minutes, and then, as if having arrived at some definite conclusion, began to make preparations for leaving the place. 

At the same spot where Sam had been interrupted while scraping away the dirt they proceeded to dig with a shovel which Phil procured from somewhere outside the building, and during this labor the prisoner could hear fragments of the conversation. 

Once Long Jim ceased his work long enough to say: 

"When you come to look at the matter quietly it doesn't seem as if we'd got into sich a very bad scrape. You can manage to bring the rest of the stuff down the creek between now an' Friday mornin' and I've got a plan for givin' anybody who may come after us a good clue to the boy's disappearance." 

Phil made some remark which Sam could not hear, and his companion replied in a louder tone: 

"It can all be done so's to make folks think we've gone up the creek, an' we've got to lay low for a while, which won't be a hard job while the weather is warm." 

"But I don't like the idea of totin' that cub with us so long."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What were Teddy and Dan up to?
2. What was Teddy and Dan's business?
3. 
Q2:
1. Where did Teddy and Dan get the shovel?
2. In what location did Teddy and Dan find a digging instrument?
3. 
Q3:
1. What did Teddy and Dan have?
2. What was in Teddy and Dan's possession?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Teddy and Dan want people to think?
2. What did Teddy and Dan desire for others to believe?
3. 
Q5:
1. Was the weather nice?
2. Were temperatures slightly elevated?
3. 
Q6:
1. Where did Teddy and Dan scurry off to?
2. Where were Teddy and Dan running to?
3. 
