"Let us play spinning the plate on deck.

It will be lots of fun trying to catch the plate while it is spinning and the steamer is rolling." "Good!" cried Grace, and ran to get a plate from the cook's galley.
Soon they were playing merrily, and the game served to make an hour pass pleasantly.

When the forfeits had to be redeemed, the girls made the boys do several ridiculous things.

Tom had to hop from one end of the deck to the other on one foot, Sam had to stand on his head, and recite "Mary had a Little Lamb," and Dick had to go to three of the sailors and ask each if they would tie the ship to a post during the night.
"I'll wager you are a merry crowd on land," .said Captain Fairleigh, as he paused to watch the fun.

"Takes me back to the time when I was a boy," and he laughed heartily.