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At the same moment Captain Bannister poked his head under the sail and looked at us. His face was grim -- as it might have been that time he was chased by pirates in the China Sea -- and he had a double-barreled shot-gun in his hand.
When he saw me his mouth opened, and he stared helplessly. I caught sight of Mr. Daddles standing near the Captain, Sprague at the wheel, and Jimmy Toppan and some others busy with the sails. Then I fully realized what had first dawned on me when I heard the quacking of Simon the duck. This was Sprague's boat, of course. It was not strange that I hadn't recognized her. Coming up as she did, bow on, there was very little to distinguish her from any other yacht. And I was never familiar with her appearance.