Dabney explained as well as he could, but, before he had finished, Ham suddenly exclaimed:
"There's Dick Lee on board the 'Swallow.' What's he there for?"
"Dick!" shouted Dabney.
"Cap'n Dab, did yo' set dis yer boat to trap somebody?"
"No. Why?"
"Well den, you's gone an' cotched um. Jes you come an' see."
The sound of Dick Lee's voice, so near them, reached the dull ears of the slumbering tramp and, as Ham and Dabney sprang into a yawl and pushed alongside the yacht, his unpleasant face was slowly and sleepily lifted above the rail.
"It's the very man!" excitedly shouted Dabney.
"The tramp?"
"Yes, the tramp."