Jerry was about to refuse, as he wanted to get the interview over with as soon as possible, but he looked at Bob, and that youth showed an evident desire to have some refreshment.
“Well, we’ll take a little,” Jerry said.
“I thought so. Here!” and he clapped his hands to summon the waitress, who soon returned with some cups of cold chocolate.
“Now to business,” went on Mr. Blowitz, after a pause. “Did I understand you to say you had hired that large motor boat?”
“We have; for several weeks,” answered Jerry, who, by consent of Ned and Bob, had been elected spokesman.
“And do you think it could go to sea—say for a couple of weeks?”
“Yes, I think so. But did you think of hiring her from us? Because if you did I don’t believe we can consider it, as we have no authority to let any one but ourselves run it.”
“Oh, no, I was not thinking of running it,” declared Mr. Blowitz. “I wouldn’t know how if I wanted to. But I was thinking I might engage the motor boat and you with it, as a crew, to go on a cruise for me.”
“A cruise?”
“Yes, out on the Pacific, but not too far from shore, say not more than twenty miles.”