They--Listen!" Shelley and Cuffer had begun to talk again.

They mentioned a tramp steamer called the _Josephine_, and Shelley said she was now in port being repaired.

Then the conversation drifted to sporting matters, and Cuffer told how he had lost a hundred dollars on a prize fight.
"That's why I'm here," he added.

"And I want some money the next time I see Sid Merrick." "He won't give us any unless we--" said Shelley, and the boys did not hear the end of the sentence, for the speaker tried the door as he spoke, throwing the inner bolt back.

Of course with the outer bolt in place, the door refused to budge.