And over
yonder is Phil Lawrence, the other chap."
"You don't say! What brings them here?"
"They are on their way out West, and I suppose they ran up here to see
the sights. I--I wish I could do something to 'em!" added Nat, bitterly.
"Maybe you can," answered Tom Shocker, always open for action. "I'll
tell you one thing," he continued, in a low tone. "If they had treated
me as they treated you, I'd not let them off so easily."
"Will you help me, if I--er--try to fix that Dave Porter?" asked Nat.
"He started it. I don't care so much about Lawrence."
"Sure I'll help you. Anything you say goes," answered Tom Shocker,
readily. He thought he saw a chance of getting another dollar or two out
of Nat.
The two walked behind some bushes and there talked the matter over for
several minutes.
"Fargo's is the place to go to," said Shocker, presently. "I know we can
trust him."
"Of course, I don't want to hurt Porter," said Nat, nervously. "I only
want to scare him."
"Sure, I understand. We'll scare the wits out of him," returned Tom
Shocker. "Now, let me see. I have it--we'll catch him on the bridge. His
carriage is bound to come that way, to get off Goat Island."
Dave and his friends spent the best part of a quarter of an hour around
the Three Sisters Islands and then returned to their carriage.
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