“We'll do our share.”
“Good! Are you ready, boys?”
“All ready.”
“Then come.”
They were soon in the boats, and gliding over the black water of the bay.
The rain of the previous night had not ceased, but now it had changed to mist, and a fog hung over the river and bay.
The Nourhemal, which they intended to loot, is the largest private yacht in the world, and could more appropriately be called a steamship.
She belongs to the Astor family, and offered a fair prize for the river-thieves, if they could once succeed in boarding her, and gaining admittance to her sumptuous cabins.
During all the time that had elapsed since Chick overheard the conversation on the pier, he had found no opportunity to converse with Nick, so the detective had no idea of the plot against his life.
But that fact did not worry Young Hercules in the least. He knew what he was about, as events will show.