SOUR MILK Perry was so surprised that he almost fell off the seat, while, forgetting to obey injunctions, he let the dingey run until there was a sudden bump that toppled the milk-can over and nearly treated him the same way.

He looked startedly about.

Six feet away lay a black boat and a boy with a boat-hook was threatening him from the deck.
"You silly idiot!" called the boy impatiently.

"Look where you're going! If I hadn't got you with the hook you'd have knocked half our paint off!" The boy and the boat slowly vanished in the mist like a "fade-out" at the movies, before Perry found his voice.

Then: "Who the dickens are you ?" he gasped.
"I'm the man who put the salt in the ocean," replied the voice jeeringly.