Having disposed of the two men, the detective advanced toward
the point on the beach where the two remaining men stood. He
walled straight up to the kidnappers, who stood and gazed at
him in amazement.
"Heh, Renie!" he called, "are you going willingly with these
men?"
The men answered for the girl:
"Yes; she is going with us. Who are you, and what have you
got to say about it?"
"When I speak, it will be from these; you fellows get in your
boat or I fire!"
"Who are you?" came the question.
"Get in your boat, and leave, or down you go! The other two
chaps are settled."
"But give us an explanation."
One of the men made a movement to draw his weapon, but the
detective called:
"Hold on there, my friend! And now, you fellows, get in your
boat, or at the call of three it will be too late!"
"One!" called the detective, and he made one step nearer the
men.
"Two!" he called a second later, and he advanced another step.
The men did not wait for the third call, but leaped into their
boat.
The detective advanced to the spot where Renie stood, and in a
low voice, he said:
"Am I right?"
The girl made no reply.
A suspicion of the truth flashed through the detective's mind,
and he said:
"Renie, run to your father's cabin, the road is clear!"
The girl, who had stood speechless during the whole time that
the exciting incidents we have described were transpiring,
suddenly bounded away, but without speaking one word.
The detective called to the two men in the boat:
"Don't you fellows land again, or it will cost you your
lives!"
The men made no reply, and the detective moved away in the
same direction that had been pursued by Renie.
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