"The Peters case."
"No, I don't think he would," was the young man's answer, and once
more the man went to his boat.
As he and his companion started off, Jack saw the Petrel containing
Bess, Hazel, Walter and Ed swinging up to the small dock. The
young, folks looked closely at the two detectives.
"He may have to testify whether he wants to or not!" called the
short officer back to Jack who was still watching them. "The law
gets what it wants you know. This isn't the only case against Tony.
He is an old offender."
"All right, have your own way about it," responded Jack easily, and
he noted that the occupants of the Petrel seemed rather alarmed.
Then they hastened to disembark as the police boat chugged away, and
Jack ran down to meet them.
CHAPTER XXV
AWAKENED MEMORIES
"Oh, where is Cora!" gasped Bess, as she landed at the island rock,
and almost fell fainting into Jack's arms.
"Why, she is with Laurel--in the hut. What ever is the matter,
Bess?"
"We thought--thought they had taken you all to jail! Oh, those
horrible men! Those detectives!"
"You silly," exclaimed Jack, seeing that the poor girl was really
exhausted from fright. "Don't you know better than that?"
"But they would not believe us! They made us tell them where you
were, and Belle is sick in bed. Their boat passed ours as we were
coming in. We had a delay.
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