"We will soon put that crew out of harm's way," remarked the detective.
"She's loaded," said Taylor.
"How loaded?"
"She's got contraband cargo beneath her decks."
"How do you know?"
"She never runs in here only when she comes to put her goods ashore."
"Don't the people over on the mainland know of her business?"
"Well, a few may suspect, but I don't believe they know; you see she will put in a load of produce, take a regular cargo from here, and the most of the people think she's an honest coaster. I've known her to get freight from a regular shipping company in New York, and deliver an assorted cargo, simply as a blind."
"How is it you chanced to run her down to her real business, and get all the points so dead on the crew?"
"My first discovery was accidental, and since then I just investigated a little for my own satisfaction."