"Very suspicious. A gentleman occupying an outside stateroom has had his room entered and robbed."
"Is that true?" asked Dean in excitement.
"Yes, he made a great fuss about it I saw him going out with the boat detective, but I don't think they found out anything."
Instantly Dean's mind reverted to the scene at the theater, and the loss of a pocket-book by one of the patrons of Niblo's. Was it possible that Mr. Kirby could be connected with both robberies? It really seemed that thefts took place wherever he went.
"What was taken?" he asked earnestly.
"A gold watch. The gentleman meant it for his daughter. I think it was bought at Tiffany's in New York."
"I was at a theater last evening," said Dean, "and as we were coming out a man ahead of us called out that he had been robbed of his pocket-book."
"Who do you mean by us—yourself and your employer?"
"No. A boy was with me—Guy Gladstone."