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LOST ISLAND

to hunt us out and force us off the island at the point of the rifle."

"Did you mean that—when you said you thought we were all on a wild-goose chase?"

"Partly," Tempest replied. "As a matter of fact, things don't look too rosy, do they? But I really said it to see how he felt on the subject."

"He did look a hit sick," Dave commented.

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