"What I want to know is: what do you intend to do with us?" returned
Dick.
"That will depend on yourselves, young man."
"Will you explain?" asked Sam.
"You came here entirely uninvited—you have got to take the consequences."
"That doesn't explain anything," put in Dick.
"You have learned a very important secret. If that secret was given to the world at large, it would spell ruin for me and all of my associates," went on Sack Todd.
"That is your fault, not ours."
"Bah! Don't talk like a child, Rover. Do you think I'll allow a couple of boys to ruin me? Not much!"
"Well, what do you intend to do keep us prisoners?"
"I must see about the others first. After that, I'll make you an offer."