The next instant he produced a pair of handcuffs. Ned, situated as he was, had no choice but to submit to being manacled.
"It's what I might have expected of you," he said, as Saki snapped the locks shut. "May I ask what you mean to do with me?"
"We will take a little cruise out into open water till it gets dark, and then we shall return to—to—well, we shall return you to a safe place on shore for the night."
As the Jap spoke, Kenworth started the engine and then drew in the anchor. The clutch was slipped into forward speed and the motor boat moved out of the little cove, splitting the water at a good rate.
"You said you were going to take a cruise?" inquired Ned.
"Such is our intention," rejoined Kenworth, who had the wheel, with a scowl.
"I should advise you not to," was the quiet rejoinder.
"Why not?"
For answer Ned pointed to great castellated clouds piled up in majestic masses on the horizon. They towered whitely against the blue sky and appeared to be traveling at some speed.
"Well, what about those clouds?" asked Kenworth, with his customary sneer.