“I think there is only one place in the world that he’s fit for,” was the reply.
“What place is that?”
“The place he came from.”
Some other conversation followed, and when the boys went below they told one another that Mr. Baldwin fully expected that Waters—that was the name the giant had given—would occasion trouble sooner or later. “And if he once gets started it will take all the men in the vessel to subdue him,” said Eugene, somewhat anxiously.
“Will it?” exclaimed Archie. “I can show you one who will manage him alone.”
“Who is he?”
“Dick Lewis.”
“Now let me tell you what’s a fact,” said Perk. “Dick can’t stand up against an avalanche.”
“You’ll see,” said Archie, who had unbounded confidence in his backwoods friend. “You’ll see.”
And sure enough they did.