"We'll see about that." Bob and Nellie, both of whom had been listening with intense interest to Dick's cross-examination, were quite carried away with enthusiasm at this happy termination of the animated discussion that had gone on.
"Oh, you dear Captain," cried Nellie, hugging the old sailor rapturously.

"You've just done what Bob and I wished." "Have I ?" said he smiling.

"I don't see it, I'm sure." "Yes, you have, you have," she replied impulsively.

"Bob and I were just going to offer the same thing when you took the words out of our mouth." "And the money out of my pocket, eh ?" slyly added the Captain with a chuckle--"eh, missy ?" "But we'd like to pay too," said Bob.

"Let us go shares, sir." "Not a bit of it," retorted the other, blinking away as he always appeared to do when excited.