Jasniff in return. "Keep back, or it will be the worse for you!"
"Jasniff, you had better surrender!" cried Roger.
"We'll be sure to get you sooner or later!" added Phil.
"You'll never catch me!" answered the other. "Now keep back, or maybe somebody will get shot."
"Do you think he'll shoot?" asked Captain Sanders, in some alarm, while Giles Borden stopped short.
"Possibly," answered Dave. "But I am going after him anyway," he added sturdily. "I came here to catch those rascals and I am going to do it."
"And I am with you," said Phil, promptly.
"Scare 'em with your gun, Dave," suggested the senator's son.
"I will," was our hero's reply, and he brought the weapon to the front. "I've got a gun, Jasniff!" he called out. "You had better stop! And you had better stop too, Merwell!"
"Don't yo-you shoot at us!" screamed Link Merwell, in sudden terror. And then he ran with all speed for the nearest trees and dove out of sight. The next instant Jasniff disappeared, likewise.
Dave was now thoroughly aroused, and he re-
