Part 21 (1/2)
”Well, I have so iave you the radio compass information that made it possible for you to find Friday Island”
”Gee! I' the Canadian youth by the hand and forgetting, in his eagerness, the announcement fro ih equally pleased to ainst a delay of this sort and soon broke through the effusion of cordiality hich Cub greeted him and continued his co with one of the boys on the island, and he told me to tell you to hurry back There are four men on the island who ordered them away and threatened to et away soon”
”What's that!” exclaiot that kind of e from those boys?”
”Sure I did,” the boy replied; ”and they want you to hurry back”
”What kind of h characters, bad men?”
”That's what I understood him toThank you, ain”
”I'll hurry back and tell the boys I found you and you're on your way,”
shouted Max as he ran down the street toward home
Mr Perry led the way toward the dock at a rapid pace Presently they found themselves in front of a hardware store, and the owner of the Catwhisker stopped and said:
”I' in here a minute”
He entered, and Mr Baker and Cub folloondering a little as to theleft in doubt
”Have you any fire-ar the proprietor
”Sht this way”
He stepped behind a show case in which was a display of automatics and revolvers Mr Perry selected one of the fores and took out his pocketbook to pay for them
”I believe I'll take one, too,” interposed Mr Baker, also producing a purse
The storekeeper looked somewhat curiously at the twothese weapons,” he remarked slowly
”Of course, of course,” returned Mr Perry ”The situation is this: We belong to a yacht on the river and have run up against some bad characters I am the owner of the yacht and have decided that we need protection”
”Sure, sure, that's perfectly satisfactory,” said the hardware man ”You can buy out my whole arsenal on that explanation”
”We won't need it,” Mr Perry sh”
The purchase completed, the two men and the boy left the store and hastened on toward the municipal docks
Meanwhile Max arrived at his home and went direct to his radio roo he did was to don his phones, and the result was instantly startling