It is time for me to stop and rest when I begin to catch crabs." There was a boat in the bayou, and Don and Bert Gordon were in it.
They were so close at hand, too, that flight was impossible.
"I don't think there's much difference between riding on horseback and rowing in a boat, as far as the work is concerned," said the same voice.

"I've done about all I can do to-day.

There don't seem to be any ducks in the bayou; so we'll stop here and take a breathing spell before we go back." "Is thar any place in the wide world a feller could crawl into without bein' pestered by them two oneasy chaps ?" whispered Dan, jumping up from his block of wood and looking all around, as if he were seeking a way of escape.
"Not a word out of you," replied Godfrey, shaking his fist at his son.
Following Godfrey's example, Dan threw himself behind one of the piles of cane, and the two held their breath and listened..