"Huh?" said Sam quickly. "What's that you say?"
"I think it would scare anybody if he thought you were trying to catch him," said George glibly.
Mollified by the explanation, Sam continued, "They lighted out as soon as they both were in the skiff and the way they rowed was something marvelous. I chased them around the point, but if you'll believe me when I got there they were already more than half-way to Alexandria Bay."
"They must have traveled fast," laughed John.
"They didn't delay any, let me tell you," said Sam, shaking his head. "And they had good reason to hurry up."
"Was anything wrong with the boat?" asked Fred.
"I haven't found out yet. I don't think they had time to do much harm."
"What makes you think they wanted to harm the boat anyway?" asked Grant.
"Huh," said Sam, turning abruptly upon the speaker. "What else could they want here?"
"I don't know that they would want anything," said Grant quietly. "When you have made up your mind that somebody is trying to put the Black Growler out of business it is easy for you to believe that everything is working for that one thing."