“How shall we find out?”
“We will sink if she does,” laughed Frank; “but I think we could hear the water coming in if such was the case.”
With which Frank went below. He listened at the bulkheads leading into the hold.
But the boat seemed as buoyant as ever. There was not the slightest indication that she was leaking.
The spirits of all now waxed more cheerful. It was a moral certainty that the boat was saved and their lives as well.
But as this realization fully dawned upon them, a loud cry came from Pomp.
“Hi, dar! luk out or we be run down, Marse Frank!”
CHAPTER VI.
PARKER’S DEEP GAME.
So engrossed had all been in the question of saving the Dolphin that they were unconscious of other things transpiring near them.
All unnoticed, a full-rigged ship had come bearing down upon them from the north.