CHAPTER XVI.
OFF FOR NEEDLE POINT ISLAND.
"Needle Point Island?" repeated Dick.
"Exactly, sir—Needle Point Island. Most of the lake pilots know it."
"How far is it from here?"
"About sixty miles."
"And how do you know the Peacock has gone there?"
"Overheard Captain Langless talking about it, yes, sir—overheard him talking to a man named Baxter and a man named Grimsby—he as used to be a smuggler. Langless used to be in with Grimsby, although few know o' that. They talked a lot, but that wouldn't interest you. But the fact that they are goin' to Needle Point Island interests you, eh?"
"When did you hear this talk?"
"The morning you escaped from the schooner, accordin' to the newspaper."
"Where did you hear it?"
"Up on the other side of the elevator. The men came out of one o' the saloons to talk it over."
