They wore the costume of boarding officers, the dark-blue uniforms being garnished with brass buttons and on their heads were caps with bands across the front bearing the word in gilt letters, "Inspector."
One of these men was tall and muscular, with a bushy black beard, deep gray eyes and a heavy mass of dark-brown hair.
His companion looked like a mere boy, with a handsome face, a pair of keen eyes and a dashing, aggressive air that showed he was of a bold, intrepid character. He walked right up to the inspector.
"So you want to see the Bradys, do you?" he asked Gibson, quietly.
"Yes, I would," asserted the inspector, glaring at him in surprise.
"Then look, for we are the Bradys!" exclaimed the boy.
He took off his cap and his companion stripped off a wig and false beard.
Every one in the room glanced at them in amazement.
No one suspected their identity before.
Old King Brady was now seen to have white hair and a clean-shaven face, in which a daring, determined character was shown.