Based on the author's own experiences on a gun-running trip to Cuba, it begins with the line, "None of them knew the color of the sky," and ends with a man who "shone like a saint" saving the lives of everyone except Billie the oiler.  
The refrain "Funny they don't see us!" is repeated throughout this work, in which the protagonists begin by heading towards Mosquito Inlet.  Based on the author's own experiences on a gun-running trip to Cuba, it begins with the line, "None of them knew the color of the sky," and ends with a man who "shone like a saint" saving the lives of everyone except Billie the oiler.  Subtitled, "A tale intended to be after the fact, being the experience of four men sunk from the steamer Commodore," this is, FTP, what 1894 story by Stephen Crane?
The refrain "Funny they don't see us!" is repeated throughout this work, in which the protagonists begin by heading towards Mosquito Inlet.  
The Open Boat