"Yes, and Dan Baxter."
"Baxter!" came from the others.
"The young rascal you told me about?" said Harold Bird.
"Exactly, and all of them have run away with your launch," put in
Songbird. "They went quite a while ago."
"I was afraid of it," answered the young Southerner. "Of course they must have steered for Lake Sico."
"Yes, and as they have had a good start, they must be a long way off by now," added Tom.
CHAPTER X
THE CHASE ON THE RIVER
The whole party walked down to where the launch had been tied up, and Fred and Songbird told their story and then heard of what had happened to the houseboat.
"What rascals!" murmured Fred. "We must do our level best to catch them."