By the way, if you want to get square with Mr.Bascomb, why don't you coax him down here to help you look out for the evil-doers who are combined against you ?" "He wouldn't be much use," sighed Tom.

"He's an impossible sort of chap.
He wanted us to stop our crusade against camp vice.

Said it was hurting business." "What craft is that ?" inquired Dick, looking toward a sailboat that was moving lazily along about a half-mile to the eastward.
"I don't know," Tom answered, after a look.

"Never saw the boat before.
Regular cabin cruiser, isn't she, about forty feet long ?" "About that," nodded Dick.

"What interested me in her was the fact that a fellow on board has been watching us with a marine glass.