"We will find the old fisherman abed?"
"I reckon so."
"Will it be well to arouse him?"
"Suppose we arouse the girl?"
"Can you do that?"
"Why, certainly."
The man came to a halt, and for a moment appeared to be lost in deep consideration, but, at length, he aroused himself and made a startling proposition.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
As intimated, a weird suspicion had crossed the detective's mind, and he was acting with a purpose.
The man, after indulging in a few moments' silent thought as described, said: