"Who can tell?" replied the old detective. "Sneak on beyond the boat-house and get a sight of them. If you find they are Chinks hold up two fingers and get back as fast as you can. Don't show yourself any more than you have to."
"Right. What about the treasure?"
Harry hastily explained and Leggett hurried away, passing behind the boat-house.
The Bradys approached it leisurely.
The building was much larger than an ordinary boat-house. Indeed, perhaps it had never been intended for a boat-house at all, but for the office of the proprietors of the beach.
It had a door opening on the pier, also a window.
They stepped upon the pier and were just about to pass around to the front of the building when suddenly they heard the door open noisily.
"Stop!" breathed Old King Brady, "we want to know what that means."
He was about to peer around the corner of the building when a harsh voice called out something in Chinese.
"Mercy!" whispered Alice. "Garshaski! He says 'Now I'm going to be rid of you, princess!'"