"What can it mean?" wondered the young captain, going hastily on deck. "Is the Seawold craft going into some test that we're not asked to meet?"
"If so," ventured Hal Hastings, "why isn't one of the gunboats putting out to sea with her."
"Here's Lieutenant Danvers coming off shore," announced Somers. "Perhaps he'll have some news."
Danvers boarded the "Hastings," but the shore boat waited alongside.
"I'm not going to stay. Just dropped alongside for a moment," explained
Danvers.
"I thought maybe you were coming on board so that we could go out on some test," suggested Captain Jack.
"There are to be no tests to-day," replied Danvers.
"Then what's that craft of the Seawold Company doing down the bay by herself?" Benson inquired.
"By Jove, she's going to have company, too," declared Eph. "There goes the Blackson boat out."
"And, probably, you'll soon see the Griffith and Day craft get under way," smiled Lieutenant Danvers.