"Before daylight?"
"Of course; and then we'll land on 'em, hot-and-heavy. I count on their trying to ship a cargo to-morrow night, when there'll be no moon."
"I understand," said Norton. "Will you permit me to make a suggestion,
Lieutenant Driscoll?"
"By all means, my dear sir. What is it?"
"Well, the fact that you mentioned their pickets gave me an idea that it would be well if you sent some of us,—-say these scouts and myself, for instance,—-over to the mainland to-night to act as pickets for you fellows encamped on Palmetto Key."
"An excellent idea! But how do you propose to communicate with us, in case there should be anything doing to-night?"
"By means of bonfires on the shore, or by wig-wagging with torches."
"I thought you would say that!" exclaimed the lieutenant heartily.
"You mean—-you don't approve of that part of the plan?"
Lieutenant Driscoll laughed.