Merriwell was still holding down the man he had conquered.
"What is it ?" he questioned, looking up and trying to read Inza's meaning by the light of the lantern.
"The men are deaf!" said Inza.

"They rescued me from a piece of boat, to which I clung after the collision!" The man with the lantern seemed about to spring upon Frank in spite of Hodge's threatening club.

Inza touched him on the arm.
"Friends!" she screamed, in an endeavor to make him hear..