Part 4 (1/2)
They were still soht ht of a low-hulled, black schooner scudding north under a big spread of canvas
”You're going to pass close to that boat, aren't you, Captain?” asked the bridge deck passenger
”Yes, sir; pretty close”
”As I understand it, you're going to land at an island some miles off the coast, whereas I wish to reach the mainland at the earliest possible nal that schooner and put ation to hand you another ten-dollar bill”
That looked somoney rapidly that Halstead called Joe up fronal The schooner lay to until overtaken Hilton discovered that the schooner was bound for Beaufort, and the bargain was quickly co vessel and the bridge deck passenger, his noticeable bag included, was transferred
The ”Restless” was nearer Lonely Island, and the schooner was hull dohen Captain Tom suddenly started as Joe Dawson stepped upon deck
”Blazes, Joe!” exclai skipper ”I'm afraid we've done it!”
”I'ineer
”That fellow Hilton, so anxious to get ashore, may be the very chap who struck down Mr Clodis!”
”The thought had just come to me,” admitted Joe
”Yes! You know, Mr Seaton hinted that the 'accident' ineer of the ”Restless” stared disconcertedly at each other
”Nohy did I have to go and roaned Tom
”You didn't, any more than I did,” Joe tried to console him
”We should, at least, have kept Hilton aboard until Mr Seaton had had a chance to look him over”
”I could send a wireless to the Beaufort police to grab Hilton on landing,” suggested Joe, doubtfully, but Toetically
”No; the Beaufort police wouldn't do that on our say-so, Joe And, even if they did, we et ourselves into a lot of trouble”
The ”Restless” kept sentle swell of the calht of the possibility of the ht aboard any mishap to the machinery would be extremely serious
”Joe,” called Toht of Lonely Island, ”there's a tug at our dock”
Dawson calass fro, then He couldn't have co up doctors He must have coed the tug near the island”
As the ”Restless” went closer, the tug, with two short toots of its whistle, moved out froe, waved his hand vigorously at the boys With hieons Captain Tom Halstead sounded three short blasts of the auto-whistle to signal the success of his errand, while Joe swung his uniforines, Joe,” called Captain To with Mr Seaton's impatience”
Up to within nearly two hundred yards of the dock the ”Restless”