Ho, ho, ho!" He roared again.

Charlie Phillips laughed also.

But his sister did not laugh.

She had seated herself in the rocker by the window when the captain began his tale and now she had drawn back into the corner where the shadows were deepest.
"So there you are," said Captain Sam, again.

"There's the riddle.
Now what's the answer?
Why did he do it?
Can either of you guess ?" Phillips shook his head.