And not long before we went aboard.

Then there were bread crumbs on the floor.

Jane, some person had been living on that boat.

You remember how anxious Dee Dickinson was that we should not go to the boat until he had first been there ?" "Yes, but what has that to do with the cutting of the rope, last night, and losing the boat ?" "I don't know.

That the two puzzles have some connection I am positive.
What we wish most, just now, is to find the 'Red Rover.'" "There's something red on the shore; it looks like a fire!" cried Jane, pointing excitedly.