Then, suddenly, Halstead thought of the prisoner down in the brig.
"Pass the word for Second Steward Collins," he directed, and that yacht's servant soon reported.
"You didn't forget to feed the prisoner, Collins?"
"Oh, no, sir," and the steward rattled off the names of the dishes that had been supplied the man in the brig.
"He seems to have fed nearly as well as we did," laughed Skipper Tom. "Well, that's right; just because we lock a fellow up is no reason why we should starve him. The prisoner had a good appetite?"
"Excellent, sir."
"He's locked in tightly?"
"Yes, sir."
Ten minutes later Captain Halstead took the trouble to go below to the brig.