CHAPTER VI.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE YACHT.
The big man with the whiskers was the first to make an attempt to reach the deck of the yacht. He gave a leap that landed him on the rail. Then Bruce Browning picked him up and tossed him back into the launch.
The man was surprised, but he made another rush to get onto the White Wings.
In the meantime Parker Flynn had tried to get aboard, but had been struck on the jaw by Merriwell's hard fist and knocked back into the launch.
Snell started to climb over the rail of the yacht, but tumbled back of his own accord when Hodge made a rush for him.
The hang-dog-appearing chap was the spryest man on the launch. With a catlike leap, he cleared the rail of the White Wings and reached the deck. He found himself face to face with Jack Diamond, and a second later they clinched.
"You are not wanted here!" exclaimed Jack.
"But I'm going to stay here!" said the other.