CHAPTER XXI
THE CAPTURE
Impulsively the boys clasped hands as they realized what the discovery meant. They had come upon the new hiding place of the wreckers, and the chances were good for capture if no alarm was given.
Joe, perhaps, felt more elated than did Blake, though the latter was glad that his theory in regard to the direction taken by the men had proved correct.
But Joe felt that now he had a better chance to prove his father innocent of the charge made against him—that he was involved with the wreckers.
"We've got 'em!" he whispered.
"Yes—we've got 'em—to get!" agreed Blake. "No slip-up this time."
In whispers they consulted, and decided to creep forward a short distance to make sure of their first surmise that the men, whose voices they heard, were really the wreckers.
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