"Who is he?"
"He's a custom-house officer."
"Sho! you don't say so!" cried Ben, with horror, for he regarded a custom-house officer in about the same light that he did a hangman.
"You've told him all about it," added the Captain.
"I didn't tell him nothin'; he knowed it all before.'
"All we can do now is to get out of the way. Where is this man?"
"I don'no; I hain't seen him to-day. There's the Skylark," replied Ben, pointing to the yacht.
"Is he on board of her?"
"No."
"Are you sure of it?"