Merriwell fairly shouted the words.
Inza did not see the raft and her friends. She appeared to see only the shaggy-bearded fellow, who now stood grimly looking at her.
"She's going to jump overboard!" cried Hodge, so excited that he almost fell off the raft.
Merriwell shouted with all his might. Inza turned and saw the raft. She uttered another piercing cry, stretched out her hands, and seemed again about to leap into the sea.
Instead of heeding the cry sent up by Merriwell, Inza's pursuer leaped at her to prevent her from jumping over the rail; and, then, bearing her in his strong arms, deliberately carried her back into the cuddy.
Merriwell and Hodge shouted, yelled, screamed. The one man on the deck paid not the slightest attention to their cries.
"He refuses to hear us!" said Hodge.
The other man appeared, and they called again. One of the men went to the tiller, and the course of the sloop was changed.
"They are going to pretend that they did not see us," Frank exclaimed.
"Hold to the raft, Hodge! Stay by it!"