Frank looked at the notice and laughed.
"Well," he said, "that is rather interesting. So Bill wants the boy? Why doesn't he come and take him?"
Hodge came and read the notice, a deep frown on his darkly handsome face.
"What do you make of it, Merry?" he asked.
"Give us your opinion."
"Nerve."
"Shall we give up the boy?"
Now Bart had not favored Pablo, but at this juncture he grimly declared:
"I'm against it."
"Good!" nodded Merry. "Let Bill come and take him! If the boy's story is true, it would not be a healthy thing for him to fall into Bill's hands."