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`` But I did n't imagine you 'd run down the wretches as swiftly as that . '' `` We do n't yet know that we 've got the right hair , '' replied Captain Jack . `` I 'm willing to wager money on it , if it comes to that , '' retorted Mr. Farnum . Before noon the two prisoners were brought into Spruce Beach . Trotter and Packwood stopped , in a ` bus with the prisoners , to show them to Jack at the hotel . `` That pair look rascally enough to do any dirty trick , '' declared Jacob Farnum , in high disgust , as he looked over Leroux and Stephanoulis . The prisoners were , indeed , `` hard hooking . ''