ssel, even should the captain and Swanson
escape.

Upon this the mutineers agreed, and save for the four Kanakas who were
now engaged in diving, the others were summoned aft to the landing and
bound securely, one by one. The boys advanced to the rail, and were
watching for the reappearance of the four brown bodies in the water,
when Jerry gave a yell and leaped down to the landing in a perfect
frenzy, shaking his fist and cursing, apparently at nothing.

"Good heavens, Bob!" gasped Mart. "Look at the water!"

Gazing down, the boys felt suddenly sick. For up through the water was
rising a red stain, and even as they looked, they saw the figures of
three men come shooting up in wild fear. The brown bodies leaped for the
landing and dragged themselves up--and as they did so the two boys
distinctly saw a great gray shape, so huge that it appeared monstrous,
sweep past underneath the ship.

"By juniper!" exclaimed Bob weakly. "Did you see that, Mart!"

Mart nodded and turned away, unable to speak. He knew only too well that
one of the Kanakas had been caught by the shark, and the giant size of
the terrible fish was too plainly attested by the panic of the other
Kanakas, who were shivering and gray with fright. That red stain and the
giant shadow in the water were destined to remain in the boys' dream for
many a day.

The chattering natives were somewhat relieved from their panic when the
two praus shot alongside the gangway and Jerry held animated converse
with his friend the headman of the village. Their words were
unintelligible, but from Jerry's satisfied air the boys made out that
his plans must have gone well, and that the captain and mate were by
this time prisoners, or safely hunting tiger somewhere in the jungle.

More fruit was brought aboard, and Jerry presented the headman with one
of Captain Hollinger's cherished rifles, to Bob's wrath. After this, the
bound Kanakas were taken aboard the two praus, the still unconscious but
not badly hurt engineer was carried down, to join his chief on shore
with the captain and mate, and the praus shoved off.

Thus there were left on board the yacht only the boys, Jerry and his
four mates, and Ah Sing, the Chinese steward. Ah Sing had gained a
glimpse of the proceedings and had promptly barricaded himself in his
quarters, where he took to burning joss sticks in wild panic. As he
would make no answer either to Jerry or the boys, Mart and Bob set to
work getting something