"I don't see any. I supposed we should be off Plattsburgh, or a good way farther north than we are; and it looks more as though we should be caught than that we should have a time," replied Kidd.
"We have nothing to eat on board," added Pell. "There may be some crackers, or something of that sort; but we shall get no breakfast unless we land at Burlington."
"How do you know Tom will let us land at Burlington?" asked Kidd. "I know he didn't mean to stop there, for we are all too well known in the city."
"If we want to land there, we can do so; for we are half of the party, and we are as good as the other half," replied Bent.
"We haven't any money to get a breakfast, if we should land while Tom is asleep," added Pell. "It will be a starving time, and I am sick of it. I didn't want to come, and I am sorry now that Tom beat me into it."
"I have been sorry I came, ever since I got into the skiff. Tom never used to be so topping, and now he treats us as though we were his slaves."
"Precisely so; and, as you say, I have had about enough of it," said Bent. "I expect to see the Sylph or the Goldwing after us before we can get to Burlington, if we are going there;" and Bent looked up the lake again.
"We can't get any thing to eat short of Burlington, and, after that, nothing till we can get to Plattsburgh," continued Pell. "I know Tom won't let us go ashore at Burlington; so that we are not likely to get any thing to eat till noon, if we are not caught before that time. Tom has the money, and he can starve us if we don't mind him."
Bent Fillwing pulled the roll of bills from his pocket, and held it up before his companions. He explained how he had obtained it; and, for some little time, they wondered where Tom got the money.
"Now, fellows, there are only two things that we can do," said Bent, who had evidently come to a conclusion. "We have money enough to buy a breakfast in Burlington; but we wear a uniform, and everybody will know us as soon as we show our coats and caps. Captain Gildrock has found out before this time that the Lily is gone. It is about six o'clock now, and he can ascertain who have taken her by looking out for the absent students. It would be like him to telegraph to Burlington to have us arrested, or to have the boat captured if we don't go on shore. It will be hot water ahead, whatever we do."