When the Rovers and the girls went below they found that all of the prisoners had been marched outside. The sheriff was anxious to get them to the jail and the boys did not blame him.
"I don't see how that auto is going to hold all of us," said the county official. "Reckon we'll be kind of crowded."
"Oh, I'd hate to ride with those bad men!" murmured Dora. "I'd rather walk!"
"So would I," added Nellie.
"It's too far to walk," answered Dick. "But I'll tell you what you might do, if you are willing to risk it. You might sail to town in the Dartaway."
"Dick if you do it, so will I," cried Dora.
"You won't be afraid?" he asked, anxiously.
"Why should I be?" she murmured. "If anything happened to you, why I—I'd just as soon have it happen to me, too!"
"I'll go, if Tom goes," put in Nellie. "I don't want to go anywhere near those horrid men."
"Someone will have to run the touring car," said Dick.