will be about right, sir," replied the tender's skipper, touching his cap at sight of the American Naval uniform.
"Good enough," glowed Dave, leaping aboard.

"Cast off as quickly as you can, captain, or we'll be in a heap of trouble with our discipline officers." The English skipper was quick to act.

He routed out two deckhands, who quickly cast off.

Almost while the deckhands were doing this the skipper rang the engineer's bell.
"Come into the wheel-'ouse with me," invited the skipper pleasantly, which invitation the three middies accepted.

"Now, then, young gentlemen, 'ow did it 'appen that you missed your own launches." "It was a mean trick--a scoundrelly one!" cried Darrin resentfully.