“Ahoy,” answered the schooner’s skipper promptly.
“Is that the Island Queen?”
“It is. What craft is that?”
“The Saucy Sue, shallop.”
“Oh, is that you, Captain Hutchins?”
There was silence for a moment, then the voice replied:
“Yes; lay to; I want to come aboard of you.”
“Very well,” and the schooner’s commander gave the order to his crew.
But Ethan stepped to his side quickly and said:
“Be careful of what you do.”