"You think it's Josh?" Jack asked.
"Well, of course I don't know that it is but who else would be sailing around here? It might be someone else but, if I were to bet on it, I reckon you can guess which way it would be."
"Hadn't we better put out our lights?" Jack asked.
"No use now," Captain Ole told him. "They know where we are without a doubt."
"How about using a searchlight?" Bob suggested.
"That's a good idea and one I was just thinking of putting into practice. It will prevent them getting within a mile or two of us without us seeing them."
The searchlight of the Valkyrie was a powerful one and soon its broad ray was sweeping the ocean but, for a long time it failed to disclose anything.
"Maybe it wasn't a boat at all," Jack suggested after they had been using the light for nearly a half hour.
"And maybe they gave it up," Bob added.
"Maybe, and then again, maybe," Captain Ole smiled.