The command was obeyed on the instant. At the same moment the other pirate, now clenched in Jack's powerful arms, cried out:
"I surrender."
Jack released him. The two lads were now undisputed masters of the field. They returned to the other room, pushing their captives out ahead of them.
CHAPTER XXIV
AN "S. O. S." CALL
"By Jove, Jack," said Captain Glenn, as the lads and their prisoners appeared, "that's what I call quick action. How many more men do you suppose there are here now?"
"I don't know," was the lad's reply. "I'll ask our friends here." He shook the man nearest him, roughly. "How many more men in the fort?" he demanded.
This prisoner chanced to be the wireless operator, so he spoke
English.
"No more, sir, I am sure," he said fearfully.
"Don't you lie to me," said Jack sternly.