CHAPTER XXIV.
THE LAST OF THE "NETTIE NELSEN."—CONCLUSION.
But they had little time to brood over their misfortune. Hardly had they made the discovery, in fact, before Captain Akers gave a low exclamation and pointed seaward. At first the boys could see nothing but peculiar, wispy-looking clouds floating near the horizon.
But even in the short time they gazed the clouds became larger.
"Is bad weather coming?" asked Nat uneasily.
"Yes, my lad, it is," was the grave reply. "Those clouds yonder look to me like the forerunners of a typhoon."
"Good gracious!" exclaimed Nat, "and this boat is overloaded as it is. What are we to do?"
"My advice is to skirt along the coast till we find a place to land and then run the boat ashore."
"But the shore may be swarming with savages," objected Nat.
The captain shrugged his shoulders.