"Can't we get closer and make sure?" pleaded Tom.
"We don't want them to see us, Tom."
"Why not?"
"Because it might spoil everything. Remember they are four or five strong, not counting the woman, and she would probably fight as hard as anybody, if cornered."
"Five?" queried Sam.
"Yes, counting that fellow the girls took for a doctor."
"Oh, yes, I'd forgotten him. The machine certainly had a load coming to the place."
"If the girls are there—and safe for the time being—I know what I'd like to do," went on the big brother, after a pause.
"What?"
"Go to the nearest town and notify the authorities, and make that whole crowd prisoners."