"Yes, my lad," answered Captain Broadbeam. "I reckon it will be nip an' tuck between ye!" And he shook his head doubtfully.
There was a pause in the talk.
"Have you a castaway on board?" questioned Lemuel Hankers, at length.
"No, but we've got a prisoner named Pete Rackley," answered Captain Broadbeam, with, a chuckle.
"A prisoner!"
"Exactly—and you know what for, Lemuel Hankers, you old fraud!" said Dave.
"I? I know nothing."
"You know everything. Your well-laid plot failed to work, and Pete Rackley shall remain a prisoner until we can hand him over to the United States authorities."
A wordy quarrel followed, and presently the two rival divers came forward.
"We are going down to-morrow," said Vixen, the leader of the pair. "If you go down, mind and keep your distance."