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8 "All right; you can go about your business. But don't try to step on our toes&mdash;or you'll get the worst of it."

"So you are going to play the part of a bully."

"No; I'm only giving you fair warning. If you let us alone we'll let you alone."

"You have been watching the movements of the Falcon since day before yesterday," went on Mumps, slowly and distinctly, as though he expected his words to have great effect.

"Watching your boat——" began Dick and Tom simultaneously.

"Yes, watching my boat&mdash;and I don't like it," answered Fenwick, and his face grew dark.

"Why should we watch your boat?" demanded Sam.

"Never mind why. You've been watching her, and that's enough."

"And why should we put ourselves out to that extent—when we are merely out for pleasure," said Dick. "There is no fun in watching a fellow like you, I'm sure."

"John is right; ye have been a-watchin' this boat," growled the old sailor named Bill Goss, who, it may be as well to state here, was thoroughly under his young master's thumb for reasons best known to himself. "If I had my way