CHAPTER XXI.
SCARING OFF THE ENEMY It was easy enough for Dick to say they must follow up their enemies and prevent Sid Merrick and his party from gaining possession of the treasure, but how all this was to be accomplished was another matter.
In the first place, the other party numbered four as against their three.

More than this, those from the _Josephine_ were heavily armed, while the Rovers had brought with them nothing but a single pistol.
"It's well enough to talk," whispered Sam, after Sid Merrick and his crowd had passed on, "but if we tackle them in the open the chances are we'll get the worst of it." "We may get a chance at them in some other way," answered Dick.

"We have this advantage, we know where they are and they don't know we are on the isle." With cautious steps they stole after the Merrick party, keeping them in sight by the waving rays of the lamp and lantern ahead, as they danced over the rocks and among the trees and bushes.

They kept about a hundred feet to the rear.
"I've got a plan," said Tom, as the party ahead came to a halt to make sure of the trail.

"Can't we cut in somewhere and get ahead of them and then scare them back ?" "Let's try it!" exclaimed Sam.