“By going over to the islands you will run a big risk.”
“So will you. But if you are afraid——”
“I am not afraid for myself. But it’s asking too much of you——”
“Oh, stow that, Frank. I haven’t lost any money, but I’m just as anxious to bring Casco to justice as you are.”
“And you want to make the trial in broad daylight?”
“If you say so, yes. We are both armed, and we ought to have as good a show to come out on top as Casco.”
“That’s true.”
“If he begins to fire at us, we can come back and wait.”
A few minutes after they got aboard the boat. Bob had cut two fair-sized poles, and also several bushes, which he stood up in the bow of the craft.
“That will destroy his aim if he pulls on us,” said the youth.