"It's no use! Don't you see how the ship's closing in ?" Then, catching off his cap, he waved it slowly toward the east.

We saw the captain's glass go up to his eye.

Again Raed motioned him to go.
_Bang!_ A higher shot.

It strikes a quarter of a mile ahead of the schooner, and goes skipping on.

But the captain is still looking off to us, as if loath to desert us.