“That’s a likely story!” cried the excited Jack, who by this time had got his half-dollars all back into the basket again. “Could I put him into the log? He was _in_ the log,—he was robbing _me_,—so I fastened him in and got away,—or I _should_ have got away, if I hadn’t stumbled over you fellows. Now just help me home with this money, and I’ll pay you well.”