"That you, Jay?" came the friendly challenge. To which Jay replied affirmatively, and was quickly drawn aboard by the eager hands of his friends. "What luck?" asked Captain Austin, who came up on the _qui vive_. Jay motioned them all into his stateroom and there, while Dick and Larry rubbed him down and helped him into his clothes, Jay told the whole story as rapidly as he could. Captain Austin, Dick, Larry and Jay--these composed the group--with the addition of Fismes, who was snoring in one corner. Wide-eyed, they sat hearing the whole narrative. Patiently they heard him through. "Did you recognize any of them at all?" asked Captain Austin. "No, not one, except that one looked familiar," replied Jay. And then, in explicit detail, he told of him who seemed to be the leader of the trio in the cabin, who sat with his back turned. "I could not get a look at his face, but he looked familiar to me and I've been trying to place him in my memory," added the youth. After deliberating for a time Captain Austin decided to get in touch with the revenue cutter _Marblehead_ and tell them the whole story. If the pirates decided to slip away in the night the slow-going _Jules Verne_ with her diving bell, the _Nautilus_, could not pursue. But the fast little revenue cutter could overhaul them in a hurry. Consequently, Larry Seymour repaired at once to the wireless room and in a few minutes was telling the whole story to the _Marblehead_. For some time the wireless spat its messages into the ether and then subsided as its receiver got busy. Larry was transcribing the messages. "Captain Fowler, of the _Marblehead_, says he will move up closer to us," said Larry. "He wants us to keep a sharp lookout during the night and apprise them of the slightest movement aboard the pirate ship. If they move at all the _Marblehead_ will charge down upon them. Captain Fowler proposes to go aboard at daybreak and find out who they are and by what authority they come taking the gold from the _Dominion_." "Tell him O. K. and to keep his wireless receiver constantly on the alert," replied Captain Austin. In the meantime extra precautions were taken to guard the pirates. An additional guard was posted and both the powerful searchlight and the machine gun on the bridge of the _Jules Verne_ were inspected to see that they were in prime condition. Captain Austin told Jay and Dick to turn in; that he would call them on the slightest provocation that their services were needed. Jay, although a bit fatigued by his swim, was for remaining up, but listened to the counsel of his chum, and together they withdrew to their stateroom. "Might as well rest a bit, for there is bound to be some excitement in the morning," advised Dick.