Here's a short story:

CHAPTER XXIV 

A WAR OF WORDS 

The knowledge that Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell were approaching the cabins on the upper end of Snowshoe Island filled the Rover boys with wonder. 

"Professor Lemm must have come to see Uncle Barney about those deeds," remarked Randy. 

"I wonder if that is Slugger's father with him?" broke in Fred. 

"Maybe," answered Jack. "Those men were the only two who were interested in getting possession of this island." 

"I'll tell you what I think we ought to do!" exclaimed Andy. 

"What?" came from the others quickly. 

"I think we ought to go back to our own cabin and arm ourselves." 

"That might not be such a bad idea, Andy," returned Jack. "Those men, backed up by Slugger and Nappy, may want to carry things with a high hand." 

Acting on Andy's suggestion, the four boys retreated to the cabin which they had just left, and each took possession of his weapon. 

"I don't think they'll try much rough-house work when they see how we are armed," remarked Randy grimly. 

"Of course, we don't want to do any shooting," cautioned Jack. "We only want to scare them, in case they go too far." 

"Jack, you had better be the spokesman for the crowd," remarked Randy. "You go ahead and talk to them, and we'll stand back with our guns." 

Still holding his rifle, Jack went forward again, and in a moment more found himself confronted by Asa Lemm and the man who was with him.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who had an idea of what to do?
Guess: Andy

Question: What was his idea?
Guess: go back to their cabin and arm themselves

Question: What is the professor's name?
Guess: Professor Lemm

Question: How many people were approaching the cabins?
Guess: two

Question: What were their names?
Guess: Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell

Question: Who was the professor coming to see?
Guess: Uncle Barney

Question: Did they want to do any shooting?
Guess: no

Question: What did they want to do?
Guess: scare them

Question: Who had better be the spokesman?
Guess: Jack

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: How many boys returned to the cabin?

four