"Now tie one of the sleeves about my foot," he cried, and it was done. "Now each of you catch hold of the jacket and hang on for dear life and I'll see if I can pull you to shore."
So he started swimming, and little by little he neared the land, swimming with a strong stroke until he brought them safely to the beach.
You may think he was tired, but not so, for when they got up on their feet, and walked ashore, he simply knocked his heels together and danced a hornpipe and sang:
"A sailor's life's the life for me."
CHAPTER XVII
And they sat upon the shore until Jackie Tar had finished his song about the Sailor's Life, and by that time their clothing was pretty well dried out from their swim, so they got up and wandered toward the city and it wasn't an easy thing to do, for they had a lot of bridges to cross and they had no boat.
"I think the best thing to do," said the Villain, "is to find a toy-store, for there some doll can tell us what to do."