But if the girls hear that, they'll
have all kinds of fits. Keep still about it."
"Oh, I intend to. But this complicates matters doesn't it? We'll
have to find a constantly moving steamer, instead of a stationary
island."
"It's about six of one and a half dozen of the other," spoke Walter.
"But we have help in our search now," and he nodded toward the
cutter, only the smoke of which could now be seen.
St. Kitts was reached without further incident, and Sailor Ben was
taken ashore, Cora insisting on leaving him a sufficient sum of money
to insure his care until he could find another berth. Then the
pursuit of the Ramona was again taken up.
For two days the Tartar cruised about on her strange quest, and when
the third evening came, with the sun setting behind a bank of
slate-colored clouds, Cora said to Jack:
"It looks like a storm."
"You're right, Sis," he agreed. And, I even as he spoke, there came
a strange moaning of the wind, which sprang up suddenly, whipping
feathers of foam from the crests of the oily waves.
At the same moment, Joe, who had come up from the motor room for a
breath of fresh air, cried out:
"Sail ho!"
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PURSUIT
"What is it?" cried Cora, as she came up from the little dining
cabin, where she and the other girls had been "doing" the dishes.
"A small steamer, Miss," answered the engineer of the Tartar.
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