"That is how the captain puts it. To find him, and restore him to the bosom of his family."
Gracie nodded, and pondered before speaking. "If the mate--that's me, Dick--found father, would he have the reward?"
"As a matter of course."
"Who'd pay it to him?"
"It would be paid through the captain."
"Through you?"
"Through me."
"Then there'd be sure to be no cheating, and the mate could give it to mother."
"Could do what he pleased with it," said Dick, dropping his nautical, and coming back to his original, self, "and we're going straight to the printer to get the bill printed."
"How much is the reward, Dick?"