noon
After an hour of waiting , Barby called in high excitement . Cap'n Mike was aboard the houseboat ! The boys waited anxiously for some further report , but Barby was only able to say that the old seaman had departed after a ten-minute visit and was now fishing again . At noon Jerry and Scotty slipped out for a sandwich . When they returned , Rick and Duke went to eat . According to Barby , all was quiet . Around one o'clock Cap'n Mike returned to Spindrift and reported a friendly conversation with the houseboaters .