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"What do you make of it, Roger?" shouted Cavendish, for it was Roger's sharp eyes that had caught the first glimpse of the unexpected land as he was aloft straining his eyes in a search for the raking masts of Jose Leirya's craft. "Well, sir," responded the boy, "it is an island of some kind, a very small one, and lying low in the water.
But I expect old Cary has recognised the schooner as Leirya's ship, and the captain is determined to make sure of her, trusting that we shall be able to hold out here until he has captured her and found time to return for us.
Several sailors, and one or two officers, among whom were Roger and Harry, were as usual perched upon the cross-trees, the yards, or at the mast-heads, on the lookout for the first sight of the infamous Jose Leirya's schooner, and with no idea whatever of sighting land.
Pulling himself together with an effort, he said: "You have been very kind to me, young man, and I am going to recompense you by giving you the papers that I stole from Jose Leirya's cabin, also the cipher, which, when translated, will put the owner of it into the possession of that scoundrel's enormous treasure always provided, of course, that Leirya has not already returned ere this and secured it himself.
The saws were given out one by one, the greatest care being taken that they were not discovered, and immediately after dark on the eventful night we began to cut our fetters, the galley being then under sail and the oars laid in. By midnight we were ready, and waiting for the signal. It came as a shrill whistle from Leirya's lips.
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