Now suppose we mosey up to where we can talk to them, fellows." "That's the ticket," agreed Wink Wheeler.

"If they get to acting ugly, why, I guess there are enough of us to handle them.

I think the best way is to beat it right up there and tell them to hand the boat over." "And if they decline ?" inquired Phil.
"Go in and take it!" "And, as like as not, get shot full of holes! No, thanks!" This from "Brownie." "How would it do for some of us to land and keep out of sight and come around back of them ?" asked Cas Temple.
"What are we going to do with them if we catch them ?" Tom Corwin wanted to know.

"Take them back and hand them over to the police ?" "I don't believe they'll let us catch them," answered Phil.

"Either they'll take to that small boat they've got astern there or they'll try to make a dash past us." [Illustration: "It is!" he cried.