"And it's trouble for Cy Whittaker, I'm afraid.

Poor old Cy! Well, WE'LL stand by him, anyhow.

I don't believe he'll sleep much to-night.

Didn't look as though he would, did he?
Who IS that feller ?" If he had seen Captain Cy, at two o'clock the next morning, sitting by Bos'n's bedside and gazing hopelessly at the child, he would have realized that, if his former predictions were wiped off the slate and he could be judged by the one concerning the captain's sleepless night, he might thereafter pose as a true prophet..