CHAPTER VIII.
BOARDING THE PIRATE CRUISER.
At midnight the three watchers put on the bathing-suits which were supplied by Maxwell Kane, and then seated themselves again on the after-deck, to await developments.
“What I want to know is, how are we going to carry any guns with us, with this rig?” asked Kane, as they seated themselves, and Nick asked Chick if he had supplied himself with weapons.
“I think that two apiece will be sufficient,” replied Nick, “and you can easily carry them.”
“But how?”
“In a belt around your body. See? Here is mine,” and he lifted his belt from another chair. “I shall buckle that around me before we go into the water.”
“But they will get wet.”
“Sure.”
“Won’t they be useless after that?”
“Hardly. Get yours, and I will load them for you with my cartridges. You could soak them in water for a week, and they would do their work just as well after that.”