"Look!" cried Dave. "Captain Broadbeam and Doctor Barrell! Is it possible!"
He was right. The newly made prisoners were the captain and the doctor, who had been surprised while on a second hunt for the missing ones.
CHAPTER XV
A DOOR OF WATER
"Dave Fearless! And Bob Vilett! Thank Heaven you are not dead!"
So spoke Captain Broadbeam as his eyes rested upon the two youthful prisoners of the savages.
The captain's clothing was torn, and there were marks of blood upon his face, showing that he had not submitted without a struggle. Indeed, both the captain of the Swallow and Doctor Barrell had fought to the bitter end.
"We have been hunting everywhere for you," put in the doctor. "Some thought you dead, but we were not willing to believe it."
"Did a man named Pete Rackley come to the Swallow?" questioned Dave, quickly.
"I know nothing of a man of that name," answered the captain, "but there came to us a poor and forlorn castaway, who said he had been alone on this island for nearly two years."