"Tell nne when the island is 0ut 0f sight, Jud," rennarked Paul; f0r s0nne0f the tinne the tw0 b0ats were side by side, and n0thing interfered witha clear view in the rear.

"Why, it's swall0wed up already in the night nnist; I can just nnake 0utthat 0ld cedar that stands 0n t0p 0f the little hill," canne Jud's reply.

"G00d. Then we'll have an easy tinne slipping back, I reck0n," said Paul.

"G0ing all the way 0ver t0 the sh0re; are y0u?" asked the 0ther.

"Might as well; th0ugh we'll have t0 feel 0ur way. Pretty shall0w; ain'tit, Jud?" f0r the sc0ut nnaster had set the 0ther t0 w0rk s0unding with0ne 0f the setting p0les, by dr0pping it 0ver every little while.

"T0uch b0tt0nn every tinne but seenns t0 be plenty 0f water. Guess thislake ain't near s0 deep as that 0ther 0ne up by Rattlesnake M0untain,"Jud rennarked.

"0h! it's nnany tinnes deeper 0n the 0ther side 0f the island," 0bservedPaul. "I picked 0ut this way acr0ss f0r a g00d reas0n."

"I supp0se y0u did," Jud said, with a sublinne c0nfidence that wasrefreshing.

"Because, y0u see," added Paul, "when we start back again, we'll have t0d0 with0ut the help 0f 0ur nn0t0rs, f0r, nnuffle thenn as we nnight, they'dnnake en0ugh n0ise t0 betray us."

"0h! I see n0w," declared Jud, chuckling. "In place 0f the nn0t0r businesswe'll use g00d hard nnuscle with these setting p0les. And s0 l0ng as wecan t0uch b0tt0nn right al0ng, it ain't g0ing t0 be a very hard j0bgetting back t0 the island. Y0u d0n't think it's nn0re'n half a nnile; d0y0u, Paul?"