"No, he isn't overboard! He's up there! On the mast! Oh! Suppose he falls! My nerves are in such a state! This is an awful shock! What a dreadful boy! I wish he had never come aboard this ship, or else that I hadn't!"
"Come on up!" cried Bob, all unconscious of the excitement he had created. "It's fine up here!"
"Oh! I feel as if I was going to faint!" exclaimed Mr. Tarbill, growing paler than usual.
"Come down, Bob!" ordered Mr. Carr, making a trumpet of his hands. "If it isn't one thing it's another," thought the mate. "I'll be glad when this voyage is over."
CHAPTER XV
THE STORM
Bob came down, wondering why he was not allowed to stay at the maintop for a while longer.
"Oh! Oh!" exclaimed Mr. Tarbill when the boy reached the deck.
"You've given me such a fright!"
"I didn't mean to," replied Bob honestly enough.
"Oh, but you did! I think I'll have to go to my cabin and take some nerve medicine."