"I allow no one to threaten me on board my own ship," he snapped, "and the sooner you get off her the better I'll like it."
"Very well, we go but we return," the man said with an ominous shake of his head.
He turned and, followed by the larger man, stepped toward the companionway.
"Just a minute."
Mr. Lakewood spoke for the first time, and the man, who had called himself a captain, turned with an expectant look on his face.
"Well?" he demanded.
"Do you know a man by the name of Josh Kelley?" Mr. Lakewood asked slowly.
"No."
The man snapped out the word as though he had had it all ready before the question was asked.
"Then he isn't on board your boat?"