"You never moved half as fast before in your life, Browning," said Hodge. "You did get a hustle on then."
"I had to," grunted Bruce. "Saw there wasn't any time to loaf."
"You saved my life," declared Frank. "The identity of the monster is solved, but the mystery of the island is as deep as ever."
"Shust vot do I mean ven you said dot?" asked Hans.
"Why should the hunchback rig himself up in that horrible manner and try to frighten persons away from the island?"
"There is a mystery," confessed Diamond.
"Certainly it is," nodded Merriwell. "Discovering the identity of the monster has not seemed to clear things up much. It has added to my curiosity."
"Berhaps id peen a healthy thing to stayed avay dot islands from," observed Hans, sagely.
"Whatever the secret of the island may be," said Frank, "those men are ready to commit murder in order to guard it."