His agents had sent him word
that Inez had the means to free the political prisoner, and as this
would have interfered with the plans of Ramo and his cronies, he
determined to frustrate it. So, watching his chance, he took the
papers and fled to join his mutinous and smuggling comrades. But the
fates were against him. Later, it was learned that Ramo had tried,
through agents in New York, to get the papers from the Spanish girl.
And the tramp in Chelton was, undoubtedly, one of them.
Inez said Ramo explained to her that he intended to keep her father a
prisoner only a short time longer. With Senor Ralcanto free, the
plans of the smugglers would have been interfered with, for the
father of Inez, and his party, stood for law and order.
"But now I free my father myself!" cried the Spanish girl, proudly.
"No more do I wait for that fat one!"
So with the papers which would eventually release the Spanish
prisoner, and well fitted out for the cruise to Double Island, the
party once again set forth on her cruise.
"There the island is!" cried Lieutenant Walling, on the second day
out. "And I think I can see a flag flying. Few ships pass this way,
but, very likely, the refugees would try to call one."
And, a little later, as the Tartar came nearer, Cora, who was looking
through the glasses, cried out:
"I can see them! They are on shore! There's mother, Jack! She's
waving, though of course she doesn't know who we are.
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