"Where's Ethel?" he demanded, feeling that he had to say something.
"Never you mind where she is. What brought you here? Came to find her and to bring her back, I suppose. Well, she won't go."
"I haven't a thing to say to you," retorted Ed. "You let me out of here or Old King Brady will be after you. I want you to understand I am with him."
It was an exceedingly foolish speech.
The two Chinks began to chatter in their own language.
"Do you mean to say your father has set Old King Brady on to me?" demanded Pow Chow.
"Yes, he has. I was with him and his partner when I fell down into that hole. They'll be right after me. You let me go!"
Instead of answering, the man said something to his companions.
Evidently he gave the order to have Ed carried still further into these secret dens.
They immediately set upon the boy and blindfolded him.