"You stay right where you are!" cried Fred.
"Humph! you think you've got the best of us with those guns, don't you?" came from Nappy, who had ranged up beside Slugger.
"Never mind what we think," answered Andy. "If you know when you're well off, you'll keep your distance."
"See here! you boys needn't get too fresh," came harshly from Slogwell Brown. "I've heard all about your doings at Colby Hall, and how you got the professor, here, and my son and his chum into trouble. Some day I intend to make you suffer for that. But just now we are here on a different errand."
"We're going to put old Stevenson off this island and take possession!" cried Nappy triumphantly. "And then, when he goes, you can go, too!"
"Why cannot we take possession of these two cabins at once?" suggested Asa Lemm. "The island belongs to us, and we have a perfect right to do so."
"Of course we can take possession," answered Slogwell Brown. "Remember—possession is nine points of the law," he added, in a low tone of voice.
"We'll show old Stevenson where he belongs," growled Slugger.
"Yes, and we'll show these Rover boys where they belong, too," put in Nappy, his eyes snapping viciously.
Without further ado, the whole party started toward the cabin which was Barney Stevenson's home. Evidently the men had been there before, and knew that this was the right building of the two.