Still, he believed he must go to the extreme outer end, where the big steamers lay, and where he hoped to find either the _Speedy_ herself or some one from her to direct his movements.

Half-way out he discovered a train coming directly towards them, and, to avoid it, turned his mare on to the platform that served as front yard to the pretty little inn that was here built over the water.
At this moment a figure in white duck approached him.

It was Ensign Comly of the _Speedy_.
"You are the very man I was sent to look for!" he cried.

"I thought you might be coming out here, and so was on my way to head you off and turn you back.

You see, the end of the pier is so crowded that our craft can't lie alongside.