Zach and 'Bije both looked at each other, but Nat only smiled.
"'Oh, you can laugh!' hollers Zach.

''Tain't your vessel you're runnin' into danger.

YOU aint paid out your good money--' "Nat never answered; but he stopped smilin'.
"And all to once the water deepened.

Hammond swung her up into the wind.
"'NOW you can anchor,' says he.
"'And 'bout time, too, I guess,' says 'Bije.

'I cal'late the skipper's right.