“But,” continued Dick, “let us leave this island or this vicinity and then trouble aplenty.”
“You mean they’ll attempt to stop us if we start back for Half Way House?”
“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean,” said Dick. “They’ll harass us at every turn. I’m convinced of it. I won’t say they’ll resort to open violence if underhanded methods will avail.”
“Oh come, Dick, surely not.”
“As I live, I sincerely believe it. I wouldn’t put these thoughts in your mind, if I didn’t But I can easily prove my point.”
“How?”
“By starting back.”
“What—you mean right now?”
“No better time than now. If my suspicions are correct, we’ll run into some snag within the next day or two.”
“Is that why you were starting to pack that luggage?”