human
Who is he--one of that gang?
gpt
He's a son of one of them, probably the one who was rescued from you.
human
Lock him up in that stateroom at once, and I'll have something more to tell you,
gpt
The situation is this, the latter began.
human
When those rascals raided this boat they robbed me of my gun and I suppose they got yours, too, didn't they, Mr. Baker?
gpt
Yes, it's gone.
human
I thought so, continued the officer.
gpt
Now, we have an armed enemy to contend with. If they get wind of the fact that we have the son of one of them a prisoner on this yacht, you can expect a fusillade of bullets popping through your portholes any time. My advice is to get out of here as soon as possible.
human
Where'll we go?
gpt
We'll decide that after we get away. If you want to keep your prisoner, don't stay here.
human
Dad's got his automatic yet,
gpt
And I've got my slingshot,
human
Tee-hee,
gpt
Oh you can laugh all you want to, Tee-hee, but if it hadn't been for my slingshot, we wouldn't have any prisoner at all right now,
human
Yes, we must give Bud credit for all he's done, Mr. Perry agreed.
gpt
We owe a good deal to his ingenuity.
human
We ought to take our prisoner over to Rockport and put him in jail,
gpt
On what ground? asked Mr. Buckley.
human
What would you charge him with? He hasn't done anything except spy around your camp here. You couldn't put him in jail for that and keep him there any time. Besides, his father claims to own these islands--maybe he does.
gpt
Well, what are you in favor of doing?
human
I think we ought to move your entire camp outfit to this boat and then stand off from the shore for a while and keep our eyes on this place with spyglasses--have you got a pair?
gpt
Yes, Mr. Perry replied;
human
Then we'd better get busy at once before they suspect what has become of this boy we have here.
gpt
All right, let's get busy at once, said Mr. Perry.
human
The boys, however, must stay here on the boat. We don't want to run any risk of their falling into the hands of the enemy.
gpt
Oh, Mr. Perry, let me go along with you and get my radio outfit,
human
I don't know, he replied slowly.
gpt
Still, I suppose we could protect one of you if anything happened. Well, inasmuch as we men don't know anything about disconnecting a radio hook-up. I guess we'll take you for one trip. Come on; no more delay. Keep a good lookout, Cub and Bud, and set up a holler if anything goes wrong. And, Bud, be careful not to mistake us for the enemy when we return; we don't want to be hit by that sling of yours.
human
We ought to have a signal, so we could be sure to recognize each other,
gpt
All right, what'll it be?
human
The Catwhisker ought to have an official signal, said Hal.
gpt
Why not make it 'meow'?
human
Very good; it's adopted.