"I doubt it," Jack replied.
"And I hope he didn't suspect what we've got under that canvas," Mr. Lakewood said.
"I don't believe he would the way you've got it covered up, that is unless they were watching when you showed it to us," Bob told him.
"But I was careful to stand so that they would be unable to see it," his uncle assured him.
"Then I don't believe they saw it."
"Do you suppose they'll do anything before night?" Jack asked.
"It's hard to tell what those fellows'll do," Captain Ole assured him.
"Well, I reckon we're a match for them whatever they try," the boy declared.
"Let us hope so." The captain spoke readily enough but there was a note in his voice which Bob caught and it told him that the man was not as confident as he wished to appear.
It was some two hours later when they noticed signs of activity in the bow of the other boat. Several men were gathered in a group about the gun which Bob had disabled and, with the aid of the glasses, they could see that its condition had just been discovered.