"Faix, I think it is Spanish officers, and not English, we want; and why don't you run into the town on the other side of the bay?"
"I thought of that; but I am not inclined to bother with them. Captain Ringgold will know how to settle the case better than we do."
Captain Velazquez had kept up his yelling as long as he could see any one at the stern of the steamer; and as soon as Louis and Felix showed themselves, he resumed his cries.
"The skipper of that hooker is in a tight place, and he knows it," said Felix. "What's that he says?"
"He says he will cut the tow-line if we don't go down the bay," replied Louis, translating his frantic cry.
Louis answered the yell by firing his revolver in the air, directing Felix to do the same.
"Louis answered the yell by firing his revolver in the air."