"Aha! You are a great man for the ladies," said the Captain.
"Who is not?" said Buttons, sententiously.
After a few pleasant words the Captain left again.
"He has some scheme in his villainous head," said Buttons.
"To drug us," said the Doctor.
"To send for others," said Dick.
"To wait till we sleep, and then fall on us," said Mr. Figgs.
"Well, gentlemen," said the Senator, drawing himself up, "we're more than a match for them. Why, what are these brigands? Is there a man of them who isn't a poor, miserable, cowardly cuss? Not one. If we are captured by such as these we deserve to be captives all our lives."
[Illustration: The Ladies.]