"Well, that thing is explained at any rate," said Percival. "We
thought she might have done it, but I don't see now how she managed it."
"She is evidently very quick in her motions," suggested Jack, "and
from what we know of the man she was with, she may have been just
such a character herself, and have learned deftness of fingers from
him. He was evidently a pickpocket, and perhaps she had practiced
the trade herself. That is the only explanation I can give."
"No doubt it is the correct one, but it does not matter. It is
really the only feasible explanation there is. She had had the
watch, and she was the only one who was close enough to you that
night to have done it."
"Well, we shall probably not see her again to find out just how she
did it, and very likely she would not tell us, as that would be
revealing one of the secrets of the trade, and, of course, she could
not do that."
CHAPTER XIX
THE TROUBLES OF THE SURVEYING PARTY
Shortly after the meeting with Gabrielle the boys were greatly
surprised by the doctor's announcing that he had received a proposition
from the company which operated the mountain railroads in that
section for the Hilltop boys to survey a new line and afterward
build it.
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