"And this isn't a boat--it's a ship.

You fellows know lots!" Tom Myers and his brother George were trying to find out why the tumblers and glasses were all stuck into holes in the shelves over the tables, when Harry Alden sung out: "What's that swishing ?" "That what ?" said I.
"There it goes again!" Harry cried.

"Splashing!" "It's the wheels!" exclaimed Rectus.
"That's so!" cried Scott.

"The old thing's off! Rush up! Here! The hind-stairs! Quick!" And upstairs to the deck we all went, one on top of another.

The wheels were going around, and the steamer was off! Already she was quite a distance from the wharf.