“I didn’t know there was anything wrong, honest I didn’t—leastwise at the start, although I had some suspicions later. That feller Sobber and the old gent, Crabtree, along with a Mrs. Sobber, said they had an aunt who was a bit insane, and they wanted to take her to an island up here in Casco Bay, for rest and medical treatment. They hired me to do the job, and paid me well for it.”
“And you took them to the island?”
“I did.”
“What island?” asked all of the Rover boys.
“A place called Chesoque.”
“Chesoque?”
“Yes. The old lobster catchers used to call it Shay’s Island, after old Cap’n Shay, of the lobster fleet.”
CHAPTER XXIV
OUT ON CASCO BAY
The Rover boys listened with close attention to the statement made by the captain of the schooner and they felt that the fellow was now telling the truth.
“You say you suspected that all wasn’t square?” said Dick, after a pause. “What made you do that?”