Then he got mad and so did Jerry Tolman, and both refused to come back in the boat with Baxter and me." "I'll wager you started to boss things," said Sam.

"Dick doesn't raise a row without just cause." "Good for Sam," murmured Dick.
"Your brother was entirely to blame," grunted the mate.

He was still far from sober.
"Jack Lesher, you tell what is not so," said Dick loudly, and joined the group, followed by old Jerry.
Had a bombshell exploded, Lesher and Baxter would not have been more astonished.

Then stared at the newcomers as if they were ghosts.
"How--er--how did you get here ?" stammered Baxter, while the mate continued to stare, in open-mouthed astonishment.
"That is our affair," responded Dick.

He strode up to Lesher.