There were other vessels--schooners, barks, sloops, and the coast itself was visible as a blue line.

Finally, one of the Slocum brothers came to Merriwell and held out a scrap of paper.

Frank glanced at it, and read, in an almost illegible scrawl: "Sea Cove." "They will take us to Sea Cove!" Inza explained.
"New York City," Merry wrote.
The deaf-mate shook his head and again pointed to the name "Sea Cove." "What's the odds ?" said Bart.

"There is a railway there, and no doubt boats running to New York.

And then it will give us an opportunity to investigate the murder of poor Barney a little.