“I’m here, Will.”
“Hurry on deck.”
“What for?”
“To tell the crew that Jack Marcy is lying here helpless and in peril.”
“How did he come here?” asked Tom, curiously.
“Never mind now. The captain and mate locked him in. Quick, tell the men.”
Tom disappeared.
A minute later he came rushing down wildly.
“Oh, Will! Will!” he cried, frantically.
“What has happened?”