“Oh, I almost forgot about that,” came from Jerry. “I guess there will be time in the morning. Besides, we want to think it over a little more.”
[CHAPTER XXIV]
THE SECRET OF THE COVE
The boys made inquiries the next morning and found it would be impossible to hire another motor boat. The season was at its height and all the craft were engaged. Several of their newly-made friends offered them the use of their boats for a part of each day, but the boys did not want to take them on this condition. Besides, they wanted to be away by themselves, as they had much to talk about.
“Hadn’t we better warn Mr. Hardack?” asked Ned, when they had exhausted the possibilities of hiring a boat.
“I’ve been thinking of it,” Jerry said, “and I don’t see what particular good it would do. We only know half the story. Besides, those fellows might only have been talking to hear themselves talk. It’s a mighty risky thing to wreck a vessel and tamper with a lighthouse. They wouldn’t dare do it.”
“But it wouldn’t do any harm to tell the keeper what we know,” Ned insisted.
“Only to get laughed at for our pains, in case nothing happened. Besides, how are we going to get to the lighthouse without a boat?”