Nat Poole could hardly walk on the injured leg, so Dave and Gus supported him as the three left the rude cabin and headed for the shore of the island.
“Do you know where the wild man is?” repeated Gus, who had not been satisfied by the reply given to the question before.
“I do not,” snapped the money-lender’s son, with a touch of his former tartness. “I haven’t seen him.”
“But you know that cabin is where he lives,” put in our hero.
“I thought so—but I wasn’t sure of it.”
“Did you see him come ashore, Nat?”
“No—that is, not to-day. I saw him land here yesterday.”
“And that is what brought you here to-day?” remarked Gus.
“Yes, if you must know,” was the somewhat cold answer.
“See here, Nat, do you know this wild man?” asked Dave, abruptly. 132