“Then Morris himself may be on board?”
“Yes; see, he is there, just coming out of the cabin!”
If Jack had had his way the ship would have stopped the yacht, so anxious was he to see Morris apprehended for his many crimes.
The yacht crossed the bows of the ship.
Jack, following it with his glance, saw a strange sight at its stern.
The glass bull’s-eye in the rear of the cabin was suddenly broken out.
A white face appeared at the opening, and a voice cried loudly for help.
“Captain! Captain! Look there!” shouted Jack.
He was almost frantic with amazement and excitement.
“What is it?” asked Alan.