“No; to the police station first.”
Here the officer in charge was made acquainted with all the recent facts of the case.
A detail of men were sent with Captain Bertram and his friends.
When they arrived at the yacht Morris and his companions were handcuffed and brought on deck.
The former did not speak a word, but glared in silence at Alan.
He knew that he was foiled in all his evil plans, and his heart was filled with hatred toward those he had wronged.
Captain Bertram dismissed Will’s assistant, the farmer’s son, with a moneyed reward for his aid.
The yacht was taken in charge by the police, who at once marched their prisoners to the station.
Here Morris was searched. To Will’s amazement the most persistent quest failed to reveal Captain Morris’ well-filled pocket-book.
He now wished he had taken it when the opportunity had presented itself.