"Then keep the change, and welcome," laughed the policeman, taking his
stand close to the skipper.
Dick Prescott made a dive at the cabin door, which was closed.
"Open this door!" he summoned.
As the door did not open Dick placed his shoulder against it.
"Open the door, or I'll break it down," Dick insisted.
There was still no answer. Thereupon Prescott proceeded to put his threat
into execution. Harry bounded forward to help. Under their combined
assault the door gave way.
Lieutenant Prescott was the first to enter the dark little cabin. Poor as
the light was his eyes caught sight of something that made him gasp.
"This is the big capture of the season!" cried Dick jubilantly.
CHAPTER XIX
A NEW MYSTERY PEEPS IN
"Get out of here, or you'll get something you don't want," roared an ugly
voice at the farther end of the cabin.
At sound of that voice Tom Reade started. He thrust his head in the open
doorway.
"Hullo, Evarts!" called the young chief engineer.
"Get out of here!" came the furious order.
"So you've openly joined the enemy, Evarts?" demanded Tom, as his eyes
fell upon the object that had first claimed Lieutenant Dick Prescott's
attention.
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