come aboard until he was assured
that Jarrow could do no harm were convincing. If the three in the
boat had been in league with Jarrow, it was improbable that they
would tell Trask that the captain was a menace.

Bevins then asked to see Jarrow. So Trask sent him aft and gave him
matches to examine the captain's room. He came back presently, and
with considerable satisfaction assured his companions that they
need have no further fear of the skipper.

Marjorie came forward to her father, and finding that instead of a
battle they were safer than ever, she began to cry softly.

Bevins now advised that it was necessary to keep a sharp lookout
toward shore. He was afraid that Peth and Doc would make some
attempt to get out to the schooner.

Shanghai Tom went to the galley and prepared a meal for the three
who had returned. After shutting the door of Jarrow's room the
cabin lamp was lighted, as if in defiance of the two ashore and to
prove that all was well aboard the schooner.

Shope was given coffee and a cigar and put on watch, while all
hands joined in a meal in the cabin. Bevins went over the whole
story of how Mr. Peth had held up the captain ashore, but that it
was all to mislead those in the schooner, and how after taking to
the brush the captain had told them his plans for "making a nice
pot of money" out of the expedition, they having found no gold.

Doc had been in with Jarrow and Peth from the first. He had been
told to play the spy, but he had kept secret his theft of the
pistol from Trask's bag, a circumstance which puzzled Jarrow. The
captain taxed Peth with having made a blunder so early in the game,
and it was not until Doc had declared himself as the dinghy
approached the schooner with Jarrow and his men that the secret of
who had the pistol came out.

Doc had been told to return with the long boat after Jarrow was
held up by Peth, and announce the captain's capture. When the
captain came out again it was with the intention of getting aboard
the schooner and putting Trask, Locke, and Marjorie ashore.

Jarrow had planned that the party which went ashore in the night
would get back in the morning before they were discovered, but when
Trask learned of the secret departure, Jarrow had signalled them to
remain ashore, by means of the lantern in the forerigging.

If the crew had got back aboard the schooner without having aroused
any suspicions, it was Jarrow's intention to get his three
passengers on