"I'm not forgetting it," said Jack. "The sooner we come up with that
fellow the better it will please me."

"Same here."

"Well, guess we may as well turn in," said Jack.

"Probably will be nothing doing tonight."

Five minutes later the lads were asleep.

Morning dawned clear and bright and Captain Stoneman congratulated
himself that he was fast nearing his destination.

"Tomorrow morning at this time and we will be safe," he said at the
breakfast table.

"Pooh," said Mrs. Wheaton. "What is there to be afraid of? Don't you
know that the American cruiser Pioneer is in these waters?"

"But she is not in sight, mother," said her daughter.

"I'd like to know what difference that makes. Lieutenant Lansing knows
that there are Americans aboard the Algonquin. He will not desert us."

"I am afraid," said Frank, "that Lieutenant Lansing has more important
duties just now than seeing that the Algonquin reaches port safely."

"And what can be more important, I'd like to know?" demanded Mrs.
Wheaton.