"By Jove!" exclaimed the sub., in astonishment. "However did you get hold of that?"
"We have two," replied Oki, calmly. "One you have, other we will keep. Now put out of way—hide. Lil boy"—and to Cardyke's disgust he heard himself referred to in that strain—"lil boy, him ask where you get. I no tell; you no must tell. If he no know, then he no can tell."
[Illustration: HALF A DOZEN SEAMEN HEADED BY THE RENEGADE ENGLISHMAN BURST INTO THE ROOM.]
"I see," agreed Fielding. "But these rascals will ransack the place when they miss these revolvers."
"Let look everywhere," replied General Oki; "revolver all gone."
And Fielding's astonishment was no less than his junior's when the weapon seemed to disappear from sight.
Barely a quarter of an hour later the cabin door was thrown open, and half-a-dozen seamen, headed by the renegade Englishman, burst into the room.
"No hanky-panky tricks, sir!" exclaimed the bo'sun. "You've sneaked a couple of revolvers. We missed one, and didn't know where it had gone; but the fellow who was lowered over the side made sure he had his when he went down, and when he came up it had gone. And I saw that his holster was fastened when he started. So no beating about the bush. Hand them pistols over, and save yourself a sight of trouble. You can't get the weather side of me, sir."