“He’s got a bad eye if you ask me.”
They waited impatiently for the dinner horn to sound and at the first welcome blast they quickly made their way to the dining-room.
“There, I’ll bet he didn’t make much profit on that meal,” Jack laughed as he pushed back his chair some forty minutes later.
“I reckon he made up for it on the ones we missed.”
When they went into the office to pay their bill the proprietor tried adroitly to learn something about their trip. But they answered him evasively and escaped as soon as they could without being rude.
“Guess he didn’t get much information though he tried hard enough,” Bob grinned as they returned to the cabin for their wheels.
“You’d make a dandy lawyer, the way you sidestepped him.”
“You were no slouch yourself when it comes to that.”
They reached Bangor shortly before five o’clock and made their way at once to the address given them by the Captain. They were fortunate enough to find the officer in and alone.
“Well, well,” he said as he shook them warmly by the hand. “I was just thinking about you boys and wondering what had become of you. Didn’t know but what I’d have to send out a relief expedition.”