"You are a fool, that's all."
"It is easy to call names out there."
"It would be still easier if I had you here."
"Let me explain matters a little, Ralph," spoke up Mori, quietly. "You are in a bad box, and you know it. You and your father have committed a serious crime against the law by abducting Grant, and you will suffer for it."
"That's our lookout," was the reckless reply.
"We have arranged matters so that you cannot hope to escape," continued the young Japanese. "We have sent a messenger to the authorities, and in the course of a few hours a force of police will come to our assistance. It will then be an easy matter to capture you."
"You think so?"
"We know it to be so."
"Don't be too sure, John."