This was a sagacious move on the part of Croesus Jr.

and meant to kill a brace of birds with one stone.

He would keep the _Zulu Queen_ steamed up at another's cost, thereby avoiding the wharf rent as well as the rust of her banishment; also he would please a nobleman.

Storri accepted the disinterested offer of the _Zulu Queen_ from Croesus Jr.; that was just before he met London Bill.
After meeting that eminent bandit, Storri drove to Harlem, and gave orders for overhauling the _Zulu Queen_, as well as for storing and coaling her to the limit of her lockers and bunkers.

She was to be made ready for the crew and cruise by May first.