"Oh! a good ways inland. The road you see in front of the old house on the bluff leads direct to it. If you want to send a message, I'll send it for you." "You vil?" "Yes. I'll hook one o' dad's horses from the pasture, and ride to town. Guess I know what ye propose doing." "Vot?" "You are a detective, and you have discovered that my dad and his smugglers live around here, and you want to send for help to arrest them!" "How vos you know all dot?" "Oh, I'm silly enough to guess it, and I hope you'll do it. They're a hard gang, and a wicked gang, and they hate me worse than poison, because I'm honest, unlike the rest of them." "Captain Gregg und Honorable Granby Greyville are der same persons, not?" "Yes. You're mighty cute to find that out, when some o' the villagers don't even suspect it. I'm _his_ gal." "Ish _dot_ a fact?" "Yes, but he don't own me, because I denounce his dishonesty. Ha! ha! an old man was found dead on the beach once. The next day my papa had a big sum of money in his possession. I smelled foul play. I stole the money from him and burned it up. Ha! ha! Then he whipped me unmercifully, and turned me adrift. But, pooh! I don't care! I get along famous, and I'll make fun for the smugglers yet. So if you want me to go to the telegraph station for you, and will give me a few shillings, I'm ready." "I'll giff you five dollars!" Fritz assured. "Bully!" the girl assented. "Now, just tell me what you want, and I'm yours." "Vel, I vant you to go to der delegraph office und send a message to Tony Fox, care of Police Headquarters, Philadelphia, telling him to fetch a half-dozen men der dis village at once. Can you remember dot?" "Well, you bet I can! I don't forget things easily. Give us your money, and I'm off for a wild horseback ride." Fritz accordingly gave her a V-note, and then, after again instructing her what to do, she took her departure by clambering up the bluff. Fritz then lay down upon the sand in the warm sunlight, little dreaming that his plans had been overheard. The Irishman, Pat Grogan, had been concealed behind another bowlder, and had over heard every word of Fritz's conversation with Silly Sue. Shortly after her departure, and when sure Fritz was not watching, he stole softly from his place of concealment and up the side of the bluff. Once on top of the bluff, he quickened his pace, descended the opposite side, and hurried toward the village. At the residence of Granville Greyville he paused, and entered the spacious lawn. His honor and the countess were seated upon the lawn in front of the house, enjoying the shade of a great tree, and Grogan tipped his hat as he approached them. "Sure, sur, it's mesilf as has made a discovery, sur," he said, with a huge grin of satisfaction. "Ah! indeed! I thought you might be of some use!" his honor replied, complacently. "What is the nature of your discovery, Grogan?" "Sure, sur, it's consarnin' the girl you set me to watchin'."