"
"Am I now?"
"You certainly are."
"Well, well, is that so?"
"It is the truth."
"See here, Johnny, I know you as the most expert pickpocket in the
country. I've been on your track a long time. Now you can just pony up
and go on with your flirtin'; otherwise you and the girl will go with
me."
"Go with you?"
"That's it."
"Never! never! we would never permit ourselves to be seen in such
company, you rough-looking boor, you."
"Hear him, boys, hear him! 'You rough-looking boor!' Well, he is
a-puttin' on lugs, ain't he? What shall we do with him?"
"Duck him," came the answer.
CHAPTER III
A LIVELY SCENE FOLLOWS ON THE BEACH AND THE THREE ROGUES GET
WHAT HAD BEEN PROMISED--A GREAT SURPRISE.
"My dear," said our hero, turning to his companion, "just hear these
awful men! Did you ever hear anything like it? Why, they are really
impertinent. Come, dear, we will go away and not talk with them further.
It's a disgrace to be seen in their society a minute. Some of our
friends might see us talking to these men and think they were our
friends. Just to think of it!"
The three men laughed, and the leader mimicked:
"Yes, just to think of it! but see here, mister pickpocket, you can't
work your high airs on us. I see you won't shell out, so we will just
take you.
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