At the sound of a voice the dozing man rolled over.
Right then Ned experienced the surprise of his life. The man was Saki!
The shock of this discovery had hardly had time to sink in, and the two were still staring at each other, when from the boat came another voice.
"If you're in a big hurry, come right aboard and save us the trouble of fetching you."
Ned looked up from Saki and faced Kenworth. The renegade midshipman was regarding him with a sardonic grin. Ned saw that he held a revolver. The weapon was pointed straight at the Dreadnought Boy's heart.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
OFF FOR A CRUISE.
Kenworth had a look of triumph on his face. While Ned, dumbfounded at the turn events had taken, faced him, Saki sprang to his feet and also jerked out a pistol.