"So you've become pirates yourself, eh?" said Captain Jack, trying to keep his temper. "You steal our grub, and—"
"That's enough," said Jack, flourishing his revolver. "Your five minutes are growing short."
Captain Jack shook a threatening fist at Jack Templeton.
"I'll go!" he shouted, "but I'll come back and when I do you are going to be the sorriest Englishman I ever saw. You can lay to that. You can't make a fool of Captain Jack and live."
"I couldn't make a fool of you," said Jack. "That job was done before
I ever saw you. Now go!"
A moment longer Captain Jack hesitated; then, as Jack raised his revolver, he turned and strode away.
The remainder of the pirates followed their chief.
CHAPTER XXV
CAPTURE OF CAPTAIN JACK
"He's telling the truth," said Jack, as he withdrew his head and shut the window. "He'll be back, all right, but I don't believe he'll try it tonight."