"Yes, and she's signaling to us!" added Walter. "She wants to speak with us!"
Joe came up from the motor room, and looked long and earnestly at the approaching craft.
"That's an English revenue cutter," he said, "and she's in a hurry, too."
"I wonder what she can want with us," mused Jack, as he ordered a signal to be run up on the small mast, indicating that they would speak to the approaching craft.
CHAPTER XXV
NEWS OF THE "RAMONA"
Over the slowly heaving swell of the blue waters the swift revenue cutter came on. Those aboard the Tartar watched her with eager eyes. Did she have some news for them? This was the question in the mind of the motor girls.
"Oh, perhaps they have mother aboard!" breathed Cora, her hopes running thus high.
"And they might have our mother and father!" added Bess, taking bold heart as she heard Cora speak.
Inez said nothing. It was too much for her to dare to think that her father might be released from his political prison. She could only wait and hope.