human
The old fox suspects something, thought Jack.
gpt
I wonder if he saw that little translation I took the liberty of making of his dispatch. If he did, he must have known that I smelled a rat.
human
Well, we're in to-morrow, Jack, he said,
gpt
I'm afraid so, too, responded Jack.
human
Their operator has been crowing over me all day. But at any rate it was in a good cause.
gpt
Yes, and they're taking up a subscription for the shipwrecked men at the concert to-night, I hear, so that they won't land destitute.
human
That's good; but say, Bill, you're off watch to-morrow and I want you to do something for me.
gpt
Anything you say.
human
This may involve danger.
gpt
Great Scott, you talk like Sherlock Holmes or a dime novel. What's up?
human
I've got the man who stole those diamonds.
gpt
What!
human
Don't talk so loud. I mean what I say. Listen.
gpt
Now, what I want you to do is to watch Prof. Dusenberry, as he calls himself, to-morrow when we get into the harbor. His is an inside stateroom so that he can't throw it out of a porthole from there. He'll most likely go to one at the end of a passage.
human
Yes, and then what?
gpt
I'd do it myself but the old fox suspects me, I half fancy, and if he saw me in the vicinity he'd change his plans. You'd better take two of your huskiest firemen with you, Billy. He's an ugly customer, I fancy, and might put up a bad fight.
human
U-m-m-m, some job, mused Billy.
gpt
Why don't you put the whole thing up to the captain?
human
It would do no good the way things are now, and he might get wind of it and hide the jewels so that they couldn't be found. Anyhow, we've no proof against him till he is actually caught throwing the jewels out in that life-preserver to his confederates in the motor-boat.
gpt
I see, you want to catch him red-handed, but what about those cipher radios?
human
There's no way of proving that I read the cipher right, said Jack.
gpt
Our only way is to do as I suggested.
human
I hear that Rosenstein has offered a big reward for the recovery of the diamonds, said Billy.
gpt
He's up and about again, you know.
human
Well, Billy, I think he'll have his diamonds back by to-morrow noon if we follow out my plan.
gpt
All ready. Does our man suspect anything?
human
Not so far as I know. Have a plan to catch him red-handed. You watch the motor-boat.