Frank hurled his revolver around the corner and it clattered on the rocks. Some one crawled into the passage and retrieved it.
"Now come out with your hands up."
Bitter though their defeat was, the Hardy boys had to acknowledge that the odds were against them. With their arms in the air, they came around the corner, into the glare of the big lamp. Step by step, they advanced until, at the junction of cave and tunnel, they were seized by their captors.
CHAPTER XX
Tables Turned
The dazzling glare of the big lamp was turned full in the faces of the Hardy boys.
They heard a gasp of astonishment.
"Why, it's a couple of kids!" exclaimed one of the men.
"Couple of kids!" rasped Gus Montrose, in astonishment. "Do you know who we've got here?"