“Is that the way of it?”
“Sure. He recognized the White Wings, and, as soon as the steamer reached the wharf, he told them we were coming. Then there was a hasty gathering of the wheelmen to meet us. That is how it came about.”
“Why are you going back to the yacht?”
“To get into a riding suit. They have a wheel for me, and I am to ride up into the city with them.”
“Say!” burst impulsively from Diamond, “these people down this way are too much for me! I don’t understand it! I thought we’d find a lot of farmers and woodsmen, and I didn’t dream we’d ever run into anyone who had heard of you, Merriwell. Instead of that, they seem to know all about you, and they are ready to give you a royal welcome wherever you go. Bar Harbor was the only exception, and I will bet there are persons there who know all about you. They didn’t know you were in town, that’s all.”
“How about Green’s Landing?”
“Oh, that’s different. That place is situated so far from the mainland that——”
“It has regular steamboat connections with the mainland, and the daily newspapers reach it, but——”
The boat softly touched against the side of the yacht, and Frank did not wait to say anything more. Over the rail he went at a bound, and hurried down into the cabin.
“Eh?” grunted Browning, rising up from a bunk. “Back so soon? What for?”