Then the smugglers got the wind, and the last we saw of them they were running up the Channel, the cutter some three miles astern.
"I would give a couple of months' pay to know who it was that gave the alarm.

I expect it was one of those fishermen.

As far as my men could make out in the darkness, the fellow was dressed as a sailor.

But I must say good morning, for I am just going to turn in." Mr.Wilks had been on the point of mentioning that James was missing, but a vague idea that he might, in some way, be mixed up with the events of the previous night, checked the question on his lips; and yet he thought, as the officer walked away, it was not probable.

Had James been foolish enough to take part in such a business, he would either have been taken prisoner, or would, after he escaped, have returned home.