Whether it was the chase they sought or not, she needed looking after.

The course was laid in a direction to intercept the steamer, for her inky smoke indicated that she was not American.
In another hour she could be very distinctly made out, though the chase had not been so clearly made out the night before as to enable the officers to identify her.

Paul Vapoor was in his element again, and the Bellevite was doing her best.

The two vessels were approaching each other, and Boxie suggested that there would be "music" in less than an hour.
The people on board of the strange steamer must have been as much in the dark in regard to the caliber of the naval vessel as those on board of the Bellevite were in respect to their confident rival.

The chase was a long craft, it could be seen now, with two masts and two smokestacks, all of which raked in the most dashing style.