Then we said good-bye to Sprague, Pete, the Chief, and Simon the duck. The "White Rabbit" was going to Porpoise Island, and we set out again to Lanesport. "Mr. Daddles--" I began,--but he interrupted me. "I've demonstrated to the satisfaction of everyone on board the 'White Rabbit' that that nickname is grossly unjust. It was given me by someone who thought I walked like a duck. Simon and I went through our paces--side by side, and it was voted that there was not the slightest resemblance. My name is Hendricks,--Richard Hendricks when I'm up before Eb. Though--" He hesitated an instant and stammered. "You need not be excessively formal. My first name IS Richard, but my middle name is William, and, as the poet says, the fellers call me Bill." Spike--who was looking after the "White Rabbit"--turned his head with a snap. "BILLY Hendricks?" "Yes." "The sprinter?" "Even so!" And Mr. Daddles laughed. There was a pause, and then Spook said: "B-But it said in the p-papers that you were c-coming East in the fall t-t-to take a p-p-post-g-graduate c-course at--" "That's so. But I wanted to earn a little money too, so I promised Mr. Kidd to come to Big Duck Island and tutor his sons for a month, in Latin and English. And when I saw him yesterday, he told me I must catch the sons. This is the first time I have ever tooted." Spook fell back on the cabin and kicked. "And w-we've b-been t-trying to g-give you the s-slip!" he moaned. It took us nearly all the afternoon to reach Lanesport. When the rain stopped, the wind fell, and we were almost becalmed. We knocked about on the Bay till a little before five o'clock. Ed and Jimmy told me how they had found the Captain at Big Duck Island, and how he had spent the night with them all on the "White Rabbit." In the morning the whereabouts of the "Hoppergrass" was still a mystery, although the Captain had been told that the Kidds had probably taken her. Everyone was too impatient, however, to stay at Big Duck until noon, so they set out for Lanesport. Of course they did not find me at the Eagle House, so they decided to make for Rogers's Island. They were on their way when they sighted us. It was our action, in altering our course, that made them think there might be something in the theory that the "Hoppergrass" had been stolen by the burglars. Then I told them about my adventures with the gold makers, and Spook--to the Captain's great delight--related the troubles of the Kidd brothers on board the "Hoppergrass." Toward five o'clock we got a breeze, and half an hour later sailed up the river again, to Lanesport. "We won't land at Mulliken's Wharf," said Captain Bannister, "I'm kinder superstitious 'bout that." "Why did you come over here that afternoon?" I asked him.