Captain Roquez nodded, coldly.
"And I will kill every one of you if you try to resist me," he added grimly.
"How do you expect to run this boat?" questioned Oscar, curiously. "Do you not know that it takes a well-drilled expert to do the trick?"
"Humph! We are prepared!" said the Spaniard. "Rest assured that I knew what I was doing when I planned to capture the new Holland."
"Well, I'll wager a dollar you can't run the boat," said Oscar, decidedly.
"Then if we cannot we will force you and your men to run it for us."
"I'll see you hanged first!"
"And so will I!" added Andy, promptly.
"Ho! Do not speak so, or I will run you through with this!" cried the Spaniard, and flourished a long dagger in their faces.
A moment later Captain Roquez went away, leaving Oscar and Andy in charge of one of the Spanish sailors, Canelli, by name.