“Suttinly I can,” Massa Jerry. “Fall asleep! I gess I doan’t fall asleep at night. I’se only sleepy when de sun shines, I is.”
“Then I guess you’ll do all right. See that they get home safe.”
“Why, aren’t you boys coming too?” asked Nellie, in some surprise.
“Not now,” replied Jerry.
“Why not?”
“I think we’ll go back to the foot of the cliffs and see if we can’t find the man to whom Blowitz was talking. I don’t like the way he acted, for that certainly was a cry for help, and there may have been foul play!”
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MAN ON THE ROCKS
Jerry’s announcement was news to his chums, for he had given them no hint of his intentions as the Ripper was nearing the boathouse.
“Do you mean you are going to hunt for that man on the rocks?” asked Ned.
“Yes, I think he fell; or was pushed over by Blowitz. There was no mistaking that call for help. Blowitz says it was he who called to us, but I know better. That was a cry of fear.”