“Get out the pontoon boat. We will pay Captain Uriah a visit.”
CHAPTER IX.
THE VALLEY OF PEARLS.
Barney and Pomp were not slow in obeying this command.
The pontoon was quickly out of the cabin and the air-chambers filled.
Then all three took seats in it.
Stanhope was left aboard the Dolphin to look out for matters until their return.
Quickly the pontoon pulled over to the gangway of the Belden.
Then Frank mounted quickly to the deck, where he was met by Captain Snow.
Barney and Pomp were left in the boat to chat and gas with the sailors of the big brig, and they kept their end up well.
Captain Uriah Snow was a tall, shrewd-looking man of perhaps fifty years of age.