Pow Chow breathed his last then.
The Bradys had come up with the crooked mission worker all too late.
Meanwhile Harry and Alice were making discoveries.
On the pier were clothes, evidently belonging to a young man.
When he came to look them over later, Harry recognized the suit which Ed Butler had worn.
But just then their attention was attracted to a stout boat, which was being rapidly pulled out on the Sound.
There were three persons in it, and it could be seen, dark as it was, that one of them wore no clothes.
Harry turned his glass upon the outfit.
It was all he could do, for the boat was already beyond revolver range.
"Chinks," he said. "The naked one is a boy."