Simpson found his handspike without any difficulty, and placing one end of it under the galley, easily raised it from the deck, while Archie threw himself on his hands and knees, and crawled in under it.

It was as dark as pitch inside the galley, but he knew exactly where the pies were kept, and had no difficulty in finding them.

He handed three of them to his cousin, and then crawled out again, and the galley was lowered to its place.

After stowing the pies safely away in their mess-chest, they again sought their hammocks.

The next morning, when the steward entered the galley to prepare the usual lunch for Blinks, he was surprised, and a good deal terrified, to find that some of the pies were missing.