"Shelley, why don't you light the lantern?
Do you want me to break my neck ?" "If I light the lantern the Rovers may come here," was the answer from the man called Shelley.
"Oh, they went down the river I saw them." "They may have turned in nearby." Some more words followed, but spoken so low that the boys could not understand them.

They heard a faint creaking of the flooring of the old mill, but that was all.
"They are there, that's certain," whispered Dick.

"But I don't see how we are going to capture them in this darkness." "I wish we had a lantern," said the youngest Rover.
"We wouldn't dare to light it, Sam," answered Tom.

"Let us crawl up close to the building.

Maybe we can find out something more about the men.