“Not half bad, old top! Not half bad!”
How good that sizzling, crisp bacon and coffee tasted to Jerry Hopkins! He was just finishing his repast and wondering what he had best do next, when he heard a sound up above on deck.
Jerry started so suddenly that he dropped the empty coffee cup he had been about to set down, and it crashed to the floor, breaking into many pieces.
“Are we hitting something else, or has some one come to life on board here?” mused Jerry, as he slowly rose from his seat.
[CHAPTER XX]
THREE ON A RAFT
Slowly, owing to its size and clumsy, though eminently safe, construction, the life raft containing the sailor approached the bit of wreckage that supported Bob Baker and Professor Snodgrass.
“Are you all right?” the sailor called to them, and his voice seemed happy and jolly in spite of his situation.