“All he has to do is to go back to the place we left him,” said Dan. “And if he ever does come back I vote we forbid him to leave the boat alone. We’ll never get anywhere if we have to stop all along the way and look for him.”
“Well,” said Nelson, “we’ll go up to the hotel again after a while and leave word for him in case he comes there to inquire.”
“It would be just like him to jump a train and go home to Chicago,” observed Dan.
“Don’t believe he has money enough,” Nelson replied.
“He probably didn’t have any with him,” said Bob. “He had his ducks on, didn’t he?”
“No, he wore that old gray suit of his,” Dan answered. “But I guess you’re right about the money. I doubt if he had a cent.”
“Well, he’ll manage all right,” said Nelson cheerfully. “He has plenty of cheek, you know. If he doesn’t show up by afternoon we’d better go and have a look for him just as soon as the weather will let us. We’ll run back to the cove and go ashore. He’s probably in some farm-house around there.”
Just before noon they wandered up the wharf and across the tracks to the station, for want of anything more exciting to do, and stood on the platform for a while watching the trains come and go. Finally Bob said:
“Come on, fellows; if I stay here any longer I’ll just have to get on a train and go somewhere!”
“That’s what I’m going to do,” said Dan resolutely. “I’m going to New York.”