“I’ll bet I know,” said Frank.
“What?” asked both.
“They wanted to take you alive, Bob, for some reason of their own. Probably, would have tried to take us alive, too, if they’d gotten the chance.”
“Well, maybe so,” said Bob. “Anyhow, that’s that. Now what shall we do?”
CHAPTER XIII.—MR. HAMPTON RECALLED.
Jack and Frank regarded each other with distaste and even horror in their eyes.
“Has to be done, though,” said Jack, as if in answer to a remark of Frank’s.
Frank nodded.
“I know.”
“What are you two chumps talking about?” asked Bob.