Part 5 (1/2)
Both boys read the ”er i sport of you Mark one”
”Keep out, you pirate,” ordered Hal
”All right, but you'll call yourselves a bunch of fools”
The next instant the ”island prisoner” broke in thus:
”Hurry; they are after me I think they are the ones who uess”
”See!” exclais look bad If those fellows are robbers they're arun on board, and if we had ouldn't want to get in a fight over an affair that looks edy”
”And yet it edy,” said Hal
At this moment Cub reappeared in the cabin and the situation was explained to hiedy,” he adedy and it proves to be a joke, we'll feel like a cohbrow, Cub,” was Hal's mock objection
”It's common sense, isn't it?” the youthful philosopher reasoned
”Yes, but you forget one thing,” the sly-eyed Hal rejoined: ”With so much Q R M, it's very hard to pick out common sense in an affair like this”
”That's true,” replied the other ”We've hadelse”
”And the big question now is, hoe goin' to tune it out?”
”I confess, I'm stumped,” said Cub ”Guess we'll have to refer the whole ainst it just as much as we are”
Cub turned toward the co an intervieith Mr Perry in the wheel house, but Hal delayed hiain
”Wait a ain”
Cub and Bud donned their phones oncethan any preceding
”They are co ashore,” was dot-and-dashed into the three boys' ears
”I see four bad-lookingto run before they see me and--maybe--swim Good-bye”
”What in the world shall we do?” exclai to find out,” declared Cub, as he dashed out of the cabin
Hal, ain The mysterious amateur who had persistently atteedy into a joke was spitting the Catwhisker's call again
”Fools!” he flashed spitefully ”Goodnight”