IN THE TAVERN

About half-past eight o 'clock the Go Ahead boys returned to the
dock where the Black Growler had been left. A hasty examination
convinced them that all their belongings were safe. In accordance
with the suggestion which had been made they soon decided to set
forth on their voyage. Just how far they would go was left
undecided.

"I hear," said Fred, "that we can stop at a village half-way
between here and Rome. They say it is all right. If we don't like
to sail in the night then we can stop there, but if we want to we
can keep on until we get to Rome or Oneida. That's about as far
as we'll want to go anyway."

"I think it will be good fun," said John, "to travel through the
country by night. Perhaps we'll find some more places like the
old Meeker House."[5]

[5] The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House.

"I'm afraid," laughed George, "that we'll find our ghosts a
little more substantial than they were in that old place."

"I wish we could find my bag," spoke up Grant. "It's strange it
didn't come to Utica. I left word with the express office though
to send it ahead just as soon as they received it."

"Maybe we'll find the ghost of it," suggested Fred.