Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle

by Frank V. Webster

Now, with all his faults, Bob would never tell a lie. He regarded that as cowardly, and he was always willing to take whatever punishment was coming to him for his "jokes."

"Yes, captain," he said in a low voice. "I did it."

"Ha! I thought so."

"Bob Henderson!" exclaimed his mother, her face flushing red with mortification. "Did you play that horrid joke on the minister?"

"Yes, but I didn't mean to."

"You didn't mean to?"

"No. I thought some one else was going to sit on that chair."

"You thought some one else was? Why, that's just as bad—almost.
Who did you think would sit there?"

"Captain Spark!"

"You young rascal!" exclaimed the commander of the Eagle, but he did not seem very angry. "So that was intended to anchor me down, eh? Well, I must look into this."