Do you see any sign of life over there--houses, or smoke ?" "No; I have been looking; the whole shore-line appears utterly deserted.
Have you any idea where we can be ?" "Not the slightest; only this is certainly the west shore; there is no such abandoned spot anywhere between Chicago and Milwaukee, and we must be much farther north.

They had plenty of time to put the yacht quite a ways up shore before they sank her." "Hogan must have known where he was." "Unquestionably; it was all planned out; he knew exactly where he intended to land, and how long it would take them to reach there after they left the yacht." "Perhaps," she suggested hesitatingly, "the gang had some rendezvous up here in these north-woods, a place where they could hide." West shook his head negatively.
"No, I don't think that; they may know the country, and how best to get away quickly.

But those fellows are city thieves--Hobart and Hogan anyway--and would feel far safer back in their haunts in Chicago.

There is no place like a big city to hide in, and besides, even if they have got the money already,--which I doubt--there has been no chance to divide it, and 'Red' would never let Hobart get away without paying him his share.

They are not loitering around here, Natalie, waiting for ghosts to appear; they are back in town hours ago." "But what can we do ?" "Get ashore first, of course, and discover the quickest way to return to the city.