“Go ahead and get your suit,” nodded Dustan.
Diamond and Hodge had remained in the boat awaiting orders from Merry, and now he hastily descended the stairs and stepped into the boat.
“To the yacht,” he said.
Away they went, the two oarsmen pulling with such grace and skill that they won the admiration of those watching from the wharf.
“What’s up, Merry?” asked Jack, eagerly.
“The Belfast Wheelmen are here to meet me, and they are going to escort me into the city.”
“Well, how in the name of all things wonderful did they know you were coming—for they must have known it?”
“You know the City of Bangor passed us just outside the harbor as she was coming in on her way down river.”
“Yes.”
“Well, there was a Camden man on her, and he saw us.”