"Do you threaten me?" stormed the captain.
"Yes," was the calm response, "and defy you, at the same time. Now go ahead and let's see how far your crazy ideas will carry you."
The captain, in a tone that bespoke his fierce anger, gave orders for a third time to the marines who were with him.
The orders were obeyed, and the marines started.
"I'm a Fiji," whispered Dick, "if they're not coming this way!"
"I believe you're right," answered Glennie, carefully watching the direction taken by the dark forms.
"They'll pass close to the end of this pile of timber," continued Dick.
He spoke rapidly, and there was a good deal of excitement back of his words.
"I guess that's so, too. But what of it?"
"What of it?" repeated Dick. "Say, Glennie, if you're the right sort, now's the time to show it."