A cheer greeted him as he waded out with the prize.
“There’s your money!” exclaimed the man who offered it, handing Larry a five-dollar gold piece.
CHAPTER V
MAN OVERBOARD!
Several other reporters gathered about Larry, who stood blushing at the attention he was attracting. He hardly knew whether to accept the money or not. One of his fellow newspaper workers saw his confusion.
“Take it,” he whispered. “It’s all in the game, and you won it fairly. I’ll keep it for you until you get dressed.”
Larry accepted the offer, and gave the money to his friend, who put it in his pocket until the lad had his clothes on once more.
There were a number of other games and sports after this, and then the members of the club, thoroughly tired out with the day’s fun, went aboard the boat for the trip home. There was not much excitement on the way back, and Larry was beginning to fear he might have missed the story.
He thought perhaps there had been politics talked which he had not overheard, and he was worried lest Mr. Emberg would think he had not properly covered the assignment.
Larry ventured to hint at this to some of the other reporters, but they all told him that, contrary to all expectations, there had been no politics worth mentioning discussed on the outing.
“Just make a general story of it,” advised the reporter who had held the money for Larry. “None of us are looking for a beat.”