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182 "Well, I'd like to go to Cave Island anyway," said Phil. "We might" And then he stopped short, as he saw Geswick and Pardell near by. The Englishmen had been listening to part of the conversation.

"So you'd like to go to Cave Island, would you?" cried Andrew Geswick, his face red with rage. "You take my advice and keep away from that place!"

"Say, do you own that island?" demanded Phil, getting angry because of the other's dictatorial manner.

"No, we don't own the island. But we" Andrew Geswick stopped short as his companion plucked him by the sleeve. "Never mind, you keep away from it, that's all," he growled.

"We'll go there if we want to," called out Phil.

"If you do you may get into trouble," called back Pardell. Then he and his companion disappeared in the direction of the cabin.

"They are touchy enough," was Roger's comment. "Phil, you had better drop Cave Island after this."

"I'll talk about it as much as I please," grumbled the shipowner's son. "Those fellows make me tired. They act as if they owned the earth!"