MAKING NEW PLANS
When the boys returned to the floating dock at which the motor boat had been tied during their absence at the station they found Boswell sitting in the cabin in a crouching attitude.
"Did you get what you wanted?" he asked.
Tommy shook his head.
"Then," continued the sailor, "you'd better give over trying to get it for the present and duck away from here! You'll have trouble if you don't!"
"What do you mean by that?" asked Frank.
"Do you see the tug coming up the bay?" asked Boswell.
"Certainly!" was the reply.
"Well, she's been signalling to have this boat held until she arrives! And the chances are that she picked up Jamison and his pirates somewhere near the island where you left them."
"Then, of course, Jamison will want us arrested for piracy?" asked Tommy tentatively. "I presume that's what it means."