CHAPTER XVIII
AN EXPLORING PARTY
“Well, what do you think of that?” asked Fenn, in surprised accents. “Did he fall down?”
“Doesn’t look so,” answered Frank. “I wonder if we really saw him, or whether it was a sort of day dream?”
“Oh, we saw him all right enough,” said Bart. “He looked to me just like the Chinaman we saw in the woods that day.”
“Just what I was going to remark,” put in Ned. “I wonder if there are any more men up on that cliff?”
“What’s the matter, boys?” asked Captain Wiggs, approaching at this juncture. They told him what they had seen.
“I don’t see anything very surprising in that,” replied the commander. “Probably he has a laundry up there, and he was out looking for customers.” And the commander winked at the other chums, who joined in a laugh at Fenn.
“That’s all right,” announced the discomfited one. “But I’ll wager there’s something queer back of all this. Do you know anything about this locality, captain?”