It is for the good of the service, far more than for any personal enmity, that several of us have resolved to keep on the hunt for evidence until we get a complete enough lot to drive you away from Annapolis." Finding that coaxing was of no avail Brimmer became surly.
At the first opportunity for liberty to go into town Dave, Dan and Farley went abruptly to Tony, the Greek, questioning him insistently.

Tony, however, would not say a word beyond stolidly denying that he had had any part in the plot, and that he had ever said so.
Tony had abundant reasons for his silence.

He had promptly demanded two hundred dollars from Brimmer, and the latter had sent post haste to his father for the money, explaining only that he needed it to "buy his way out of a scrape." The money now rested in Tony's pocket.
Dave, Dan, Farley and Page tried hard, however, in other directions, to secure the need evidence.

There was no druggists' label on the vial, so these four midshipmen visited all the druggists in Annapolis, seeking light on the matter.

The druggists, however, denied any knowledge of the vial or of its contents.
Now, the friends appeared to be up against a dead wall of difficulty.
They did not cease their efforts, however, and held many conferences behind closed doors.
Brimmer kept track of their activities as best he could.