“Now turn about, or I’ll fire on you, as sure as fate!” he ordered.
“You think you are smart, don’t you,” sneered Wash Crosby.
“I’m too smart for your crowd,” retorted Jerry.
“We can fire as well as you,” put in Graves.
“If you had a gun, which you haven’t,” retorted Jerry.
The boys on the yacht growled among themselves, but could do nothing. Wash Crosby tried to throw a piece of iron on the row-boat, but it fell short. Then Harry retaliated by shooting through the yacht’s main-sail.
Seeing the boys on the big row-boat meant business, Si Peters and his crowd withdrew from the encounter.
As soon as they were gone, Jerry came down from his perch, and off they started once more for the island.
The yacht sailed so far off they thought they were no longer observed.
But in this they were mistaken for Si Peters had a field glass with him.