Chapter Nineteen A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT
　　NOBODY could even guess the answers to Anne's surprised questions. The children stared into thetrunk and puzzled over it. It seemed such a funny thing to smuggle¹. They remembered the otherthings in the wreck² too - the tins of food. They were queer things to smuggle into the island. Theredidn't seem any point in it.
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　　"Funny," said Dick, at last. "It beats me. There's no doubt that queer things are afoot here, or theSticks wouldn't be hanging around our island. And we've seen signals from a ship out to Sea.
　　Something's going on. We thought if we opened this trunk it might help us - but it's only made themystery deeper."
　　Just then the voices of the two parent Sticks could be heard shouting for Edgar. But Edgar did notdare to shout back. Timmy's nose was poked³ against his leg. He might be nipped at any time.
　　Timmy growled⁴ every now and again to remind Edgar that he was still there.
　　"Do you know anything about the ship that signals to this island at night?" asked Julian, turning toEdgar.
　　The boy shook his head. "Never heard of any signals," he said. "I just heard my mother saying thatshe expected the Roamer tonight, but I don't know what she meant.""The Roamer?" said George, at once. "What's that - a man - or a boat - or what?""I don't know," said Edgar. "I'd only have got a clip on the ear if I'd asked. Find out yourself.""We will," said Julian, grimly. "We'll watch out for the Roamer tonight! Thanks for the information."The children spent a quiet and rather boring day in the cave - all but Anne, who had plenty of thingsto arrange again. Really, the cave looked most home-like when she had finished! She put the blanketson the bed, and used the rugs as carpets. So the cave really looked most imposing⁵!
　　Edgar was not allowed to go out of the cave, and Timothy didn't leave him for a moment. He sleptmost of the time, complaining that "those cows and things" had frightened him so much the nightbefore that he'd not been able to sleep a

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