“They will, and have, for he had friends on board.”
Morris started violently.
“Friends,” he repeated, a vague suspicion of the truth entering his mind.
“Yes, and one of them was Jack Marcy.”
Morris turned pale and hastened to the deck, followed by Parker.
One glance in the direction of the whaler revealed the true state of affairs.
He saw several men letting down a yawl. Two of them he recognized—Alan Bertram and Jack Marcy!
CHAPTER XXXVI.
AT PORTLAND.
When Jack Marcy saw Will Bertram’s face at the window in the boat he instantly comprehended, as he had said, that some new villainy was afloat.