"She will probably sail away to-day."
"Does she usually go away the day following her night-visit to the coast?"
"Usually, yes."
"She will not sail away to-day, and I want you to watch her and watch any of her crew that may come ashore."
"I am afraid you will get me in trouble before this affair is ended."
"This affair will be ended to-night."
The detective gave Taylor a few instructions and then proceeded to the depot.
Spencer Vance, as he appeared at the little frame station, was as perfect a specimen of a countryman as ever took train from the rural districts for New York.
Ike Denman was at the station. The master of the "Nancy" had also wrought a great change in his personal appearance. He looked little like the man who had stood on the beach across the bay a few hours previously.
It was half an hour previous to the starting of the train when the detective reached the depot, and as he stood around with his hands in his pockets, the master of the "Nancy" several times passed within a few feet of him.