"But being plain, everyday American boys I'm afraid we'll have to stay tied up until somebody comes to cut us loose." "Oh, for a faithful dog!" sighed Sam.

"I saw a moving picture once in which a dog came and untied a girl who was fastened to a tree.

I'd give as much as five dollars for that dog right now." "Make it six and a half, Sam, and I'll go half," answered Tom.
"Well, this is no joke," declared Dick, almost severely.

"We must get free somehow--or they'll get that treasure and be off with it before father and the others have a chance to land.

We've got to do something." They all agreed they "had to do something," but what that something was to be was not clear.