It was not until the Scout was almost upon them that they gave it
any attention, and then only enough to change their course sufficiently
to keep out of her way.
"Boat, ahoy!" finally shouted the colonel.
To this hail those in the small boat made no answer, but apparently
realizing that the Scout was pursuing them, changed their course
to run directly to the shore.
"In with the sheet!" called the colonel, quickly bringing the
Scout around; "there, that will do!" as Rand and Donald hauled in
the sail until it was trimmed in as close as it would hold the wind,
the boat laying over until her gunwale was under water. Holding
her up in the wind until the peaks shivered, the colonel kept her
on that course until she had run some hundred feet beyond the other
boat.
"Look out, boys!" called the colonel; "we are going about," at the
same time bringing the boat up in the wind, and then, as the sail
filled again, heading for the other boat.
But the man in the small boat was as wary as the colonel, and as
the Scout came about he changed his course at nearly right angles,
and then as the sailboat went by, resumed his former course.
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