| contributor

“ Bellamy edged closer to the secret-service agent. “Is he bluffing, Dal?” he asked, in a low tone.
“I'm not sure, but I think so,” was the answer.
“Yet you mean to accept his invitation and go aboard the yacht?”
“Certainly.”
“But it will be putting ourselves completely in his power,” protested Bellamy. “What's to prevent his keeping us there indefinitely if he chooses?”
“Nothing,” returned Darrell quietly. “We've got to take the chance, that's all, Jack. It's simply playing the game. So far, I've found out nothing; there's scarcely been time. ”

“ A little flicker of satisfaction leaped into Darrell's eyes, and was gone. So that was it! Ives evidently felt it necessary to explain the reason for the Japs being here. A man with nothing to hide would not have cared whether his guests understood or not. ”

“ It's a big, wonderful stretch of territory, but without water it is next to useless. When we bought it, we supposed, of course, it would be an easy matter to sink artesian wells at various points, but we were mistaken. ”