"What made you ask that question?" he demanded.
"We have an enemy, named Dan Baxter. We suspect he is following us and
is spying on us."
"Yes, I have seen a young fellow around half a dozen times. In fact, I
caught him on the houseboat once."
"You did!" cried Dick. "What was he doing?"
"Going through the stuff in the living room."
"What did you do to him?"
"I yelled at him, demanding to know what he wanted. As soon as he heard
me he ran ashore and disappeared."
"Did you try to find him?"
"No, because I didn't want to leave the houseboat alone."
"Did you see him last night--while our colored man was here?"
"I saw somebody, but it was too dark to make out exactly who it was."
CHAPTER XVIII
ON BOARD THE HOUSEBOAT
After questioning Captain Starr as closely as possible all three of the
Rover boys came to the conclusion that it must have been Dan Baxter who
had visited the _Dora_ on the sly.
"I don't like this at all," said Sam. "He is going to make trouble for
us--no two ways about that.
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