"Perhaps, but we've got to locate him first. Now that he has been discovered he will do his best to keep shady. Maybe he has already left the city."
They talked the matter over for an hour, but could reach no satisfactory conclusion.
"Better take matters as they come," said Powell. "He won't dare to molest you openly."
"No, but he will molest us in secret, which will be worse," replied
Sam.
"None of the ladies or the girls must hear of this," said Tom. "It would spoil their whole trip, even if Baxter didn't show himself again."
"I ton't oben mine mouds apout noddings," declared Hans. "I vos so quiet like an ellerfaunt in a church!"
Bright and early the boys were astir on the following morning, and Dick, Tom, and Sam went off to interview Captain Starr before breakfast. They found the captain a thick-set fellow, with a heavy mustache and big, bushy whiskers. He had eyes of the dreamy sort, which generally looked away when speaking to anybody.
"This is Captain Starr?" said Dick, addressing him.
"I'm your man."
"I am Dick Rover, and these are my brothers, Tom and Sam."