"Well, we're safe away from those fellows at any rate. By the way, I never thought to ask you how you came out with the gun."
"They won't use it this trip, unless they've got a lot of extra parts."
"That's good, but what happened?"
Bob gave him account of his adventure and when he had finished, Jack said: "Gee, but you did have a close one."
"Too close for comfort," Bob agreed grimly. "But, I say, Jack, we've missed the boat and the island as well. We've gone a good deal too far," he added as he rested on his oars.
"Just what I was thinking. Well, what's the answer?"
"Listen."
"Don't hear a thing."
"Think we'd better risk a shout?"
"Reckon it wouldn't do any harm. We must be quite a ways from that other boat."