Dickie's words recalled Gregory to his purpose. The next instant he was pulling at the chain.
"I'll take you around the point to the cutter," he called to her as he worked. "You'll be safe there until——"
"No." The girl's answer was spoken with a determination there was no gainsaying. "I'm going with you," she said in a low voice. "There were two men in the launch."
CHAPTER XXXI
BENEATH THE WATERS
As the Richard cleared the point and plunged into trough of the swell, a thin column of light filtered through the fog astern and traveled slowly over the gray water.
Gregory put the wheel over and began to zigzag as he remembered that the Bennington was lying in at the goose-neck. At the distance the revenue cutter would be unable to distinguish friend from foe and would take no chances.
"Stay down," he called to Dickie. "It's the search from the Bennington. They may shoot."