"The morning you escaped from the schooner, accordin' to the newspaper."
"Where did you hear it?"
"Up on the other side of the elevator. The men came out of one o' the saloons to talk it over."
A long conversation followed, and Dick became more than half convinced that what Jock Pelly had to relate was true.
The man described the Baxters clearly, showing that he had really seen the pair, and also described Captain Langless' appearance on the morning in question.
"I will follow up this clew," Dick said, when ready to depart.
Jock Pelly caught the youth by the arm.
"Hold on!"
"What do you want now?"
"My reward. Don't I get that fifty dollars?"