The girls on board the "Red Rover," as already mentioned, had no fear of a second attack that night, nor had the youthful pirates the slightest intention of repeating the experiment that had turned out so badly for them and so triumphantly for the Meadow-Brook Girls.

It was quite evident that the newcomer did not belong to the Tramp Club.

His face looked dark and swarthy in the moonlight.

He had straight black hair and high cheek bones and there was a revengeful light in his sharp black eyes as he scanned the silent houseboat.
Once more the canoe shifted its position and slid to a point directly under one of the little windows.

The window was open, the curtains were streaming out through the opening.