“Sure!” agreed Jimmie. “Have them charge it, please!”
“Hush this nonsense, boys!” cried Ned. “This may be serious!”
“Well, where is he?” protested Jimmie. “We haven’t got him!”
“Maybe he fell overboard!” suggested Ned. “Let’s have a look.”
Again the lad mounted the ladder. As he reached the small deck he peered anxiously about the vessel seeking what he hoped he might not find.
The others came crowding after their chum, filling the space.
“There he goes!” cried Jimmie pointing away to the north.
“Where?” inquired Ned looking in the direction indicated. “Oh, I see him,” the lad went on. “He’s swimming a good stroke, too!”
“Is he crazy or just disgusted with the company on board the ‘U-13’?”