Yet I had, at least, retained knowledge of the name of the original of the picture, and from the photographer I might perhaps discover her address, for to me it seemed that she was somehow intimately connected with those mysterious yachtsmen.

At his shoulder shone the bland, intelligent countenance of Mr. Phinuit, who seemed much at home in the blue serge and white flannels of the average amateur yachtsman.

Even though the Ebba should find temporary shelter between the rocky sides of a narrow creek there is nothing to give ground to the supposition that a wealthy yachtsman would have the remotest idea of fixing upon as his residence an arid cone exposed to all the terrible tempests of the Western Atlantic.

He is also a fine long-distance swimmer, and a well-known single-handed yachtsman.

He had invited a party of friendsall yachtsmen like himselfand they had agreed to take "Queen Philippa" to the Mediterranean, there to cruise during the autumn months.

At his shoulder shone the bland, intelligent countenance of Mr. Phinuit, who seemed much at home in the blue serge and white flannels of the average amateur yachtsman.

From his remarks I discerned that, contrary to my first impression, Hylton Chater was an experienced yachtsman.