"I've been aboard the yacht since eight o'clock until twenty minutes ago.

I came ashore in that skiff.

Sure, he ought to be in the drain; they've been sending down the stuff for hours." "I don't find any of it about ?" "I threw a crowbar across the stream one hundred yards up, and halted the procession.

The plan, d'ye see, is for me, the coast being clear, to signal the launch to come ashore for its first cargo any time after ten--which is about now." "We'll omit the launch," returned Inspector Val.

"Go into the drain and give the boys the tip to skip.