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Will worried about them . Frank professed to have the utmost confidence in the ability of the chums to look after themselves . `` Stop and figure it all out , Will , '' he told the other . `` If they made as good time as we expected , they must have reached the village long before noon came . In fact , we felt pretty sure they were in port at the time we ate our own lunch in camp . '' `` Yes , that 's what we agreed , '' admitted the other , briskly . `` Well , let 's try to guess what they 'd be apt to do , '' continued Frank .