CHAPTER XXIV.
ON PINE ISLAND AGAIN.
"Joe, what do you think this means?" asked Fred, as soon as the three masked persons were out of hearing.
"It's a riddle to me, Fred. One thing is certain, they mean to keep us prisoners."
"It doesn't look as if they did it in order to rob us," went on the stout youth.
"I've been studying the thing over and I rather think the big fellow of the crowd is Dan Marcy."
"I thought his voice sounded something like Marcy's myself. What of the others?"
"I've been thinking one might be Si Voup. But he disguises his voice pretty well—if it is Voup."
"Julius Cæsar!" cried Fred. "I wonder if such a thing could be possible? What a plan to trip us up!"
"What are you talking about?"