She used to run down the bay in the summer." "I will go up to the pilot-house, and see if I can make out the Dauphine.

If she is a sea-going yacht, she is the one we have to fear," said Christy, as he left the engine-room.
"See here, Christy; there is another steamer over beyond the Bellevite, and she is pretty near her, too," said Percy, as he entered the pilot-house.
The acting captain brought his glass to bear over the Bellevite, and he was satisfied that the approaching vessel was the yacht described by Captain Pecklar.

But he had hardly got his eye on the Dauphine, before he saw that the Bellevite had started her screw.

It looked as though she deemed it advisable to change her position in view of the approach of the steamers on each side of her.
"Where is she going, Christy ?" asked Percy.
"I am sure I cannot tell you.

You can see all that I can see," replied Christy, who was very anxious about the situation.
"We are not a great way from the long-boat," suggested Percy, who was more afraid of that than he was of all the steamers in sight.