Part 27 (2/2)

directed Mr Seaton ”Fro to you shi+pley D Jarvis, whose address is the American Club

The American consul will be able to assure you that it is shi+pley D

Jarvis who comes to you You will turn over these papers to Mr Jarvis in the presence of the American consul A letter from me is in the envelope with the papers That is all, except----”

After a brief pause Mr Seaton went on to caution dick Davis and Ab Perkins as to the dangers against which they uard on the way

This Tom Halstead supplemented with an exact description of Anson Dalton and of Captain Dave Lemly, of the now seized ”Black Betty”

”Either, or both, of the rascals ,” cautioned Mr Seaton ”Night and day you ainst them”

Then Tom Halstead quickly outlined to Davis a systees by ht be able to keep Mr Seaton informed of the state of affairs, for some days to come, on board the ”Glide”

Some further last instructions were added Powell Seaton wound up by forcing a few banknotes into the hands of both these unexpected ers

”Wait until we've succeeded,” proposed dick Davis

”This is for expense s,” replied Mr Seaton ”Your real reill come later on”

”When we've succeeded,” nodded Davis

So much time had been taken up by this talk that now all had to step out on deck

”We're ready to go aboard our boat, sir,” Skipper Too, Halstead,” nodded Mr Seaton ”I want not more than sixty seconds with Captain Rawley in his own room”

When the charter-man of the ”Restless” came out once ood deal thinner, but Captain Rawley had been enlisted as a friend to the cause

”Good-bye, old chu a hand of Tom and Joe with each of his own

”Good-bye! Good luck now, and all the way through life!”that Davis caught

As speedily as Tom and Joe had assisted Powell Seaton aboard the an to raise the side gangway

There were roups of Motor Boat Club boys Then the hoarse whistle of the ”Glide” sounded, and the freighter began to go ahead at half-speed

The ”Restless” fell away and astern, yet she followed the freighter

That she should do so had been understood with Captain Rawley, and with dick and Ab Powell Seaton intended to keep the ”Glide” within sight for at least thirty-six hours, if possible, in order to make sure that the seventy-foot drab boat did not atteer on board

”If we stick to the sea for a hundred years, Joe,” laughed Skipper Toht hundred feet, ”nothing as lucky as this is likely to happen again I was afraid I was booked for Rio, for sure, and itand living aboard a big tub of an ordinary, steam-propelled shi+p!”

”I've taken the step, now, and can't very well change it,” declared Mr Seaton, who looked both pale and thoughtful ”Halstead, all I can hope and pray for is that your comrades on the shi+p ahead are as clever and watchful, as brave and honest as you think”

”If wondering about dick and Ab is all that ever worries hed Tom Halstead, easily, ”I don't believe I shall ever have any wrinkles

I know those boys, Mr Seaton We were born and raised in the same little Maine seacoast town, and I'd trust that pair with the errand if it were my own diamond field at stake”