"And do you think that Captain Dynamite is one of those buccaneers that he told us about?"
"Let us wait and see."
"Say, but that would be fine, wouldn't it, Hal?"
"You might not think it so fine if a Spanish warship should open fire on us."
"But we will not mix up in their quarrel."
"No, but a Spanish gunboat would mix it up with us very quickly if she saw us first."
"What right would she have to interfere with a ship flying the American flag?"
"If we could not give a proper account of ourselves in her waters she would stand on very little ceremony."
"And do you think we are likely to get mixed up in any real fighting with real powder and bullets?" asked Bert, in some dismay.
"I don't know. Look out, the captain is watching us."