"All right, Dave," piped Bob readily.
"We must rig up some kind of a craft to reach the first wooded island."
"What for?"
"Schmitt-Schmitt is in hiding there."
"Aha, I see!" cried Bob excitedly.
"I propose," said Dave deliberately, "that we visit him, capture him, and bring on board the Swallow--as a prisoner--the only man probably who can guide us straight to that stolen treasure."
"Famous!" cried Bob Vilett enthusiastically--"but can we do it?"
"Let's try it, anyhow," answered Dave Fearless.
CHAPTER X
THE WOODED ISLAND