CHAPTER XI

ABOARD THE STEAM YACHT

Mr Rover, as well as Tom and Sam, had come in, and all were anxious to hear what Dick might have to report. They were filled with amazement at the story of the robbery.

"I thought I'd wait about telling the police until I had heard what you had to say," said Dick, to his father.

"I am afraid in a big city like New York it won't do much good to tell the police," answered Anderson Rover. "However, we can report it to morrow. But I think Cuffer and Shelley will keep in the shade until they see Sid Merrick and have a chance to get away," and in this surmise Mr. Rover was correct. The matter was reported to the police, and that was the end of it, so far as the authorities went, for they failed to apprehend the evildoers.

Mr. Rover was much worried when he learned that Merrick had fallen in with a captain of a tramp vessel who was ready to go on a hunt for the treasure. And he was still more worried when Dick told him of the letters which had been abstracted from his coat pocket by the thieves. Among them was one from Mrs. Stanhope mentioning the treasure hunt and how she would be on hand at Philadelphia to board the steam yacht with Dora and the Lanings.

"If Cuffer and Shelley turn that letter over to Merrick it will give him some idea of our proposed trip," said Mr. Rover, "and more than likely he will strain every nerve to get ahead of us."

1. Was a crime committed?
2. What was it?
3. Who was Anderson Rover?
4. Who is Dick's father?
5. Does he think it may be pointless to call the police?
6. Does the crime get reported?
7. Do the police arrest the criminals?
8. who are they?
9. What did they steal?
10. Who wants the letters?
11. Where were they stored?
12. Who authored one of them?
13. What did she talk about?
14. How will they travel?
15. Where will they get on?
16. Who else will go?
17. what will happen if he gets the letters?
18. Why did Dick not call the police immediatly?
19. How did the retelling of the crime make them feel?
20. What town did it happen in?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. yes
2. robbery.
3. unknown
4. Mr. Rover
5. yes
6. yes
7. no
8. Cuffer and Shelley
9. letters
10. Merrick
11. his coat pocket
12. Mrs. Stanhope
13. the treasure hun
14. by steam yacht
15. Philadelphia
16. Dora and the Lanings.
17. he will try to get ahead
18. he was waiting to hear what his father had to say
19. they were amazed
20. New York