He bought the ship, fitted it up with a number of little iron cages, and set forth with his queer cargo.

Ten days out, the lunatics broke from their quarters and captured the vessel.

One of them, who had been a sea captain in his time, took charge, and proceeded to carry out a little idea of his own, which was to make sane people crazy." "That was turning the tables with a vengeance," drawled "Dye," from his perch on an upturned pail.

"I wonder if he was any relation to 'Cutlets' ?" "A lineal ancestor, I'll bet a biscuit," chimed in "Hay." "Don't you remember the quotation, 'By these acts you will know their forefathers,' or something like that ?" "Well," resumed "Stump," "the crazy captain put the doctor and the crew in the cages and began to feed them hardtack and berth-deck scouse and salt-horse and--" [Illustration: THE SEARCHLIGHT "SWEEPING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BLACK OF THE HORIZON"] "Must have been a Government naval contractor in his time," murmured "Morrie." "I bet I know the rest," exclaimed the "Kid," coming up in time to grasp the situation.

"The captain set his prisoners to carrying coal from the after hold forward and then back again, didn't he ?" "If you fellows think you can tell the story better than I can, go ahead," retorted "Stump," in disgust.