The place selected by the men for their work was one of the most lonely and desolate on the whole coast at that time.
Taylor informed our hero that they would not unload from where they were anchored; he said:
"They will run down around the point yonder, put their cargo ashore, and then sail back and reanchor where you see them now. I tell you they make quick work of it."
"But I cannot see how they escape detection."
"Oh, they have plenty of confederates; the gang is not composed alone of the men who sail in the 'Nancy'."
"Then we must lay low until night falls."
"Yes."
The detective encountered some thrilling adventures ere another sunrise.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The detective's friend, Taylor, appeared disinclined to remain; he said: