Guess we'd better have an early breakfast too." "It can't be too early to suit me," murmured Bert Alley, as he dragged his feet down the companion way and toppled onto a berth.

The _Adventurer_ weighed anchor and in the first flush of a glorious Summer dawn, chugged warily up the still harbour.

She kept toward the eastern shore and the boys swept every pier and cove with sharp eyes.

Then Rocky Neck turned back them and they picked a cautious way over sunken rocks to the entrance of the inner harbour.

By this time it was broad daylight and their task was made easier.