"And I shall take an interest in them both after this," declared Frank.
"Talk about superstitious persons, I believe he heads the list," from Jack.
"He said he was not superstitious," laughed Merry.
"But the cat worried him."
"And my twiddling my thumbs," put in Bruce.
"And this dagger pin in my scarf," said Frank.
"It's a wonder he didn't prophecy shipwreck, or something of that sort," groaned Rattleton, who had settled at full length in his berth. "If this rolling motion keeps up, I shall get so I won't care if we are wrecked."
"He must be a dandy in a good swift game of poker!" laughed Frank. "I shouldn't think he'd be able to make up his mind how to discard. He'd be a drawback to the game, or I'm much mistaken."
"It strikes me that he'd be easy fruit," said Rattleton.
"He looks like a 'sucker' himself, but sometimes it is impossible to tell about a man till after you see him play. Anyhow, these two visits were something to break the monotony of the voyage. It promised to be pretty lively at the start, but it has settled down to be rather quiet."