Part 17 (1/2)
”Look right over there to the north-ard, sir, and you'llinto sight”
”I see her,” nodded Mr Seaton
Captain Halstead took the glasses again, studying both the seventy-footer and the freighter intently, judging their relative speeds and positions
”Dalton, or his friend, Lemly, has nicely calculated the drab boat's run,” declared the young skipper of the ”Restless,” ”Dalton's craft is in fine position to stop the freighter But we'll reach the 'Fulton'
first, and by soood one, but I believe we're a shade faster in the stretch”
”What are we going to do e overhaul both craft?” wondered Powell Seaton, aloud
”Why, sir, it will be easy enough to er as Dalton”
”How?” demanded Mr Seaton
”Just inforitive fro to take any chances on getting into subsequent trouble with Uncle Sam
The captain will sih seas”
Powell Seaton looked very cheerful for a moment Then a look of dark doubt crossed his face
”That will be all right, Halstead, unless it happens that the captain of the 'Fulton' is a man on the inside of some official affairs down in Brazil If that be so, then your freighter's captain nize Dalton as a man of consequence--one to be served at all hazards For, if a stealey line must be careful to stand ith the United States authorities, he races of sooes aboard the freighter, and her captain sends us a derisive toot of his whistle?”
Tom Halstead's face showed his instant uneasiness
”If that turns out to be the case, sir,” he whispered, ”you've lost your last chance to stop Anson Dalton He goes to Brazil with all the papers for locating the diamond ame!”
CHAPTER XII
THE SEARCHLIGHT FINDS A ”DOUBLE”
Yet, though his confidence in success had received a severe jolt, Captain Toht and close, Hank,” he ordered ”I want every possible second of conversation before that drab boat gets within talking distance of the 'Fulton'”
The ”Restless” and the freighter were noithin a mile of each other, and almost head-on The drab boat, about two hter at a more southerly point
”Run to your table, Joe,” co skipper, ”and notify the 'Fulton' that we are going to hail her for a brief po”
The speed hich young Daorked was shown by the fact that, when still half a an to slon speed It was plain that she was going to lie to in order to hear the whole of the hail froh! Look at that!” suddenly ejaculated Toone about,fast westerly time for the shore
”Go about after the seventy-footer, Hank,” almost exploded Halstead, in the intensity of his excitement over this new hter now Follow Dalton back to shore”
”But the 'Fulton's' slowing down You're going to show hihter's captain what it was all about, ain't you?”