I explained in a hurry, and he lit a match.

We both went in and discovered----" "Sh-h-h! Get out of here, you fellows," suddenly spoke up a voice at the door on the starboard side.

"Here comes 'Cutlets'!" There was a scramble for the opposite door, and in much less time than is taken in the telling, the wheel-house was empty.

We huddled in the shadows for a moment; then dodged forward.

As we reached the hatch I heard the "Kid" ask Tom: "Say, what was it you saw?
Tell a fellow, won't you ?" "Two brass knobs on an old chest," was the calm reply.
"Huh!" The following day being Sunday, was given over to rest and recreation and the writing of letters, until late in the afternoon.