The nearer side of the _Follow Me_ was in shadow, but a quivering beam of sunlight, reflected from the surface of the water, glinted on the muzzle of a revolver held just inside the open port.
"Every fellow under cover," said Steve quietly.

"That means you, too, Joe.

Duck! They've got a gun trained on us.

Who's the best shot here ?" "Wink," answered Joe.
"Give him one of the revolvers.

Are you there, Wink ?" "Yes," answered the other from the forward companion way.
"Get a bead on that middle port.