Andy understood and passed the word along.
Oscar was on the companionway and Hang Chang was following him, when all of a sudden an alarm arose on board of the Corcoran.
The body of the negro had been discovered and all was confusion.
"A murder!" shrieked the second yellow captain. "I knew something was wrong. Hang Chang, come back!"
Soon faces appeared at the stern of the Corcoran, and a pistol was leveled at those below.
"Come back here!"
"I—I will go back," stammered Hang Chang, in alarm.
"Not much!" retorted Oscar, and seizing the Celestial by the foot he gave a jerk, which landed Hang Chang flat on his back at the bottom of the companionway.
"Down, quick!" cried the young captain, and in a trice the trap in the deck was closed and the Holland XI. began to sink.
They were not an instant too soon, for just as the waters of the Pacific closed over the craft a gun was trained on her from one of the Chinese warships.