There was a dangerous gleam in his eye as he asked the stranger:
“I am under arrest, then?”
“Well, yes. That’s about it. Some officers will be here shortly.”
“The charge is a false one,” ventured Morris.
“The two men who came from Watertown an hour since and went with a detective to the office of the insurance company and sent me here to watch for the yacht, don’t seem to think so.”
“They have no proofs.”
“They have evidence enough to demand your arrest. Then there is the proof the boy furnished.”
“What boy?”
“The one you have locked up in the hold of the yacht.”
Captain Morris looked utterly crestfallen.