No doubt the revenue men would be lying in wait, a short distance off, and would allow the friends of the smugglers to go down to the water, without letting them know of their presence.
He kept his eyes fixed on the water to the east, watching anxiously for the appearance of a light.

Presently he started.

Immediately in front of him, about a mile at sea, a bright light was shown.

In a second, it disappeared.

Three times it flashed out, and then all was dark.