If only they are still here!" "I have reason to believe they will be, for quite a lot of stuff was taken out of the boat, and laid about upon the shore; and as well as I could discern from a distance they seemed to be working on board." "Only the two men ?" "Only the two." "But," protested I, "can two be sufficient to handle an apparatus of such speed, and of such intricacy, as to be at once automobile, boat and submarine ?" "I think not, Mr.Strock; but I only saw the same two.

Several times they came to the edge of the little wood where I was hidden, and gathered sticks for a fire which they made upon the beach.

The region is so uninhabited and the creek so hidden from the lake that they ran little danger of discovery.

They seemed to know this." "You would recognize them both again ?" "Perfectly.

One was of middle size, vigorous, and quick of movement, heavily bearded.