Nevertheless, when he reached the Jasper B.again after leaving Mr.Goldberg it was getting along towards dusk.
He first entered the cabin.

It was of a good size and divided into several compartments.

But it was in a state of dilapidation and littered with a jumble of odds and ends which looked like the ruins of a barroom.

As he turned to ascend to the deck again, after possibly five minutes, intending to take a look at the forecastle next, he heard the sound of a motor.
Looking out of the cabin he saw a taxicab approaching the boat from the direction of Fairport.

It was a large machine, but it was overloaded with seven or eight men.