"If you are Captain Anderson, I do, sir."
"All right, go ahead."
"I want you to set me to work, sir."
"Why should I set you to work? Do you belong on the boat?"
"Not yet, but you see it's this way. I had to get to Key West and I thought I'd work my passage with you."
"Why didn't you ask me before we left the dock?"
"Because I was afraid you wouldn't take me, if you could help it, and I had to go."
"You cheeky little devil, I believe I'll chuck you overboard."
"Oh!" said a brown-eyed girl who stood beside the captain, "you mustn't do that!"
The captain laughed and said to Dick: