“I didn’t think there’d be any harm. I came over in my sailboat.”
A sudden thought struck Joe.
“Is this the first time that you’ve been here?” he demanded.
“No,” confessed the lad, hanging his head; “I’ve often come over here when you were all away.”
“And you thought that was the case to-night?”
The lad nodded.
“But what object brought you?”
The boy’s eyes kindled and his pale cheeks flushed.
“I love the wireless,” he said, speaking more firmly; “I wanted to use it and I had no other opportunity.”
“You can operate?”