Sam stood with both hands thrust in his trousers' pockets, gazing absently off to sea.
"Almost a whole month's pay gone to grass," he muttered. "Shoot the whole business!"
CHAPTER VI
THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
An hour later Sam Hickey ran across the fellow Black on the superstructure.
"See here, Blackie."
Black moved on as if he had not heard. A second later Sam had him by the collar.
"You wait a minute. I've got something to say to you."
Black halted because the grip on his collar forced him to do so, but he turned an angry face on the Battleship Boy.