Matt was astounded. Turning blankly on Jordan, he saw that his face was clouded and ominous.
[CHAPTER VI.]
"ON THE JUMP."
"You say the schooner got away to the south, Ferral?" asked Jordan.
"Aye, aye, and looked as though she was bound for down the coast. Looks like Cassidy had deserted, Matt."
"We ought to have jailed him," commented Jordan. "Did Cassidy know anything about the sealed orders, Matt?"
"Captain Nemo, Jr., had me read the orders aloud in the periscope room," Matt answered. "Cassidy had been in the conning tower, but when I finished with the letter I saw that he was in the room with us."
Jordan's face grew even more foreboding.
"This looks bad!" he exclaimed. "I wouldn't trust that Fingal man around the corner, and here he's run off with Cassidy and headed down the coast. There's something in the wind, and if our game is tipped off before we get to where we're going it will be a case of up-sticks with Coleman."