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a startling discovery, and for the moment Dave and the others did not know what to do.

"Do you see anything of Captain Sanders, or Smiley?" questioned our hero.

"Not a thing," returned the senator's son. "It's strange, too."

"Oh, cannot we stop them in some manner?" pleaded Giles Borden.

"Come on—we'll do what we can!" cried Phil.

"That's the talk!" put in old Billy Dill. "Oh, for a gatling gun that we might train on 'em!" he added.

All were calculating the distance to the shore. Between them and the water was a slight hollow, overgrown with brushwood and vines. How long would it take to find a path through that hollow?

"No use in staying here," was Dave's comment. "We'll get there somehow. But keep out of sight, if you can. We don't want them to discover us until the last minute."