[Gutenberg 43267] • Captured by the Arabs

[...] "Nobody here but our dads and Dr. Kirshner," observed Bob, glancing about. "I wonder if they noticed the Arabs?" "Let's ask them." The men had noticed the fellows, they said, but thought nothing about it. Why? Was anything wrong? Bob explained that they were the two who had acted in a suspicious manner on the ship, and at once the scientists' faces lightened. "Come on," urged Dr. Kirshner. "We can't get there any too rapidly. When they find that we haven't got the map, they'll probably help themselves to money and anything else that happens to be lying about. They may even search other rooms."[...].