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Updated: May 7, 2025
The spray was flyin' in great white sheets, and whiles, it seemed as if the hull island was goin' to be swallowed up then and thar. 'Tain't nothin' but a little heap o' rocks anyhow, to face the hull Atlantic Ocean gone mad: and on that heap o' rocks was Januarius Judkins, holdin' on for dear life, and feelin' like a hoppergrass that had got lost in Niag'ry Falls."
He didn't look like a person who could swim, nor even like one who enjoyed cold water much. I glanced back at him over my shoulder, he was simply standing there, gazing after me, and rubbing his hands together excitedly, clasping and unclasping them. "Captain Bannister!" I called out again, "the Hoppergrass! Wait!"
The constable was so savage toward everybody it didn't seem possible that he would believe that we had broken into the house by mistake. Also, I was so tired that I was ready to drop. We had been up since four o'clock that morning, and it was now after midnight. It seemed to be years since we had left the "Hoppergrass," and during the last few hours we had walked over a dozen miles.
"An important clue is held by Constable Flanders as it is known that the parties came to Bailey's Harbor in a yacht named Hoppergrass and a search is being made for that yacht, Constable Flanders promising the yacht a warm reception if he finds her in the vicinity of Bailey's Harbor with the miscreants on board." "W-Well, he k-k-k-kept that p-p-p-promise, all r-right!" remarked Spook.
For a moment I could not remember where I was, at home, on the "Hoppergrass," in the jail at Bailey's Harbor, or on the other yacht. Then I recalled Rogers's Island, Mr. Snider and the Professor. I got up and listened for them, and looked out of the window, but I neither heard nor saw anybody. I dressed, unlocked the door, and tried to open it.
I had succeeded at last in getting the tall man to let go of my hand, and I backed a little away from him. I described the "Hoppergrass" as well as I could, and told about the Captain's notion for changing the name. "A white cat-boat, hey?" said the little man, "and Captain Bannister, oh, yes! of Lanesport? Captain Bannister of Lanesport?" "No, he comes " "No? Are you sure?
There was no need to worry, however. His anger vanished when Snider and Eb departed. Besides, it appeared that he knew how they happened to be on board the "Hoppergrass." As soon as he had looked his boat over, he turned to Spook. "Your father said we'd find you when we found this boat! But I wasn't so sure.
What 'y' been dreamin' abaout? Y' giv a jump like a hoppergrass. Wake up, wake up! Th' party's over, and y' been asleep all the mornin'. The party's over, I tell ye! Wake up!" "Over!" said Mrs. Sprowle, who began to define her position at last, "over! I should think 'twas time 'twas over! It's lasted a hundud year.
With some difficulty for I had been swimming harder than was necessary I crawled into the tender, and sat down to get my breath. As I sat there, one of the boys said: "Why, that's Mr. Snider!" Then he pulled the tender alongside, and I stepped on board the "Hoppergrass." "Now, I know why you were running," said he, "anyone would run to get away from Snider. Has he been advising you to be good?"
Well, it was nothing to me, I had only to find out if Captain Bannister and the "Hoppergrass" were there, and if not, to go back to Lanesport. "Gold from the vasty deep," I wondered what that was. The buried treasure on Fishback Island, had it anything to do with that? Half way across the causeway was a wooden bridge, painted white.
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