"Well, I'm mighty glad he's got here," murmured Jack, and his cousins echoed the sentiment.
CHAPTER XXV
FACING THE WOLVES
"So this is how you treat me, eh?" exclaimed old Barney Stevenson, as he confronted the visitors. "Come here to do as you please while I'm away, eh?" and his face showed his intense displeasure.
"They wanted to go into your cabin, but we wouldn't let them do it while you were away," said Jack quickly.
"Good for you, boys—I'm glad you kept 'em out."
"See here, Stevenson, this nonsense has got to end!" cried Slogwell Brown. "You know as well as I do that you have no valid claim to this island."
"The island belongs to me, Brown, and I intend to keep it!" was the quick reply. "I've got my deed for it."