"Well", Boswell replied, "when you take another man's boat and leave him afloat in a dinghy, you must expect something to come of it besides kisses. Of course you'll be arrested!"
Frank gave a long, low whistle of dismay.
"Then," he said, "we'll have to go and notify the surgeon of what's coming off and get him to go on to the cabin alone."
"Yes" Tommy added, "and we can tell him to inform the boys what's going on here. We may have to remain here for several days if we are actually arrested."
"But how about the code duplicate?" asked Sam.
"I presume that will have to remain with us unless it comes before the doctor leaves for the cabin," Tommy answered.
"Look here," Sam said, "you two boys are the fellows Jamison wants. He won't put up much of a search for me. You go back to the wireless station and tell the operator to deliver the code duplicate to me and I'll see that it gets to the cabin."
"It's all right of you to make the offer," Tommy replied, "but there's no one at the camp that can read it."
"Then why can't Frank slip away and get the message to camp?" inquired Sam.
"Will certainly ought to have it," suggested Tommy.