You and your brothers came here I suppose to get the best of us. Well, you are nicely caught."
"What are you going to do with me?"
"You'll find that out before you are many hours older," answered Sobber, and turned away.
A quarter of an hour went by and the man who had met Koswell and the others outside of the cavern came back.
"Well, Jim, what about the other Rovers?" questioned Tad Sobber.
"Safe enough," answered Jim Pally, with a grin.
"Where?"
"Down in the pool."
"They slipped in?"
"They sure did."
"I hope they won't drown," went on Sobber, uneasily.
"Oh, they are safe enough. I heard 'em swimming around until they found the rocks to stand on."
"Good enough. Now, what do you think we had better do with this one?"
"Why don't you make him join his brothers?" answered Jim Pally. And then he motioned Sobber to one side, out of Dick's hearing. A conversation in a low tone followed. Pally was telling Sobber they had better be on guard, since the
