"That's for you to find out," replied Frank shortly.
"Is that so? Well, you've got no business here. You know that, don't you?"
"Your own business here doesn't seem any too lawful."
"Never mind about us. You come spyin' around here and you've got to expect to take the consequences. What'll we do with 'em, Gus?"
"They're not goin' out of here, that's certain. We're not goin' to let them go back home and tell what they've seen."
"Or what they heard. How long were you two boys hidin' in that tunnel?"
"You can try to find that out, too," retorted Frank.
"Smart, ain't you?" snarled Montrose. "You won't be so smart when we get through with you. Anybody got a rope?"
"Here's some," said a man in the background.
"Give it here, then. We'll tie these brats up and keep 'em until we figure out what to do with 'em."
"You let us alone," said Frank.
"You have no right to make us prisoners," added Joe.
"We'll take the right."
"You are mighty high-handed."
