"Yes, I am curious to know how you happened to come aboard this yacht in order to get to Devil Island."
"Why, aren't you going there?"
"Perhaps so; but how do you know it?"
"Feller told me so."
"When?"
"Little while ago."
"Where?"
"Up at Jobbins' store."
"What kind of a fellow? How did he look?"
"Looked as if some chap had swatted him with a brick right on the bridge of his proboscis, for it had a strong list to starboard, and one of his eyes was keeping watch at the end of it, while the other eye was on guard to see that no more bricks were coming in that direction."