He pressed Harris' hand and passed over the side of the vessel.
As Frank and Jack shook hands with Harris, the latter squeezed Harris' hand affectionately. The latter smiled.
"I had promised myself another bout with you some day," he said. "My only regret is that it is not possible now."
A moment more Jack was in the motor boat and it moved away. Harris drew his revolvers and mounted guard over the companionway, the door of which now had begun to splinter.
"An hour is what you needed," he said quietly. "You'll get it!"
CHAPTER XXIX
A CHAMPION PASSES
Harris laid one of his revolvers on the deck, reached in his pocket and produced the six of diamonds. He looked at it closely in the half darkness and a smile passed over his face.
"I suppose I'm a fool," he muttered to himself, "but someway I couldn't help it. I was afraid Jack would cut the low card. I wouldn't have done it for one of the others, but Jack, well, he's a boy after my own heart."
Harris replaced the card in his pocket; then thought better of his action, drew it forth again and sent it spinning off across the sea.