Steve hurried up to the forward deck, rapped on the door and was bidden to enter. Captain Simms looked, then blinked rapidly as his eyes fixed themselves on the boy framed in the cabin doorway.
"Hello, is that you, Rush?"
"Yes, sir."
"I thought there wasn't water enough in Huron to drown your kind."
"No, sir."
"Come in and sit down. I want to talk to you."
CHAPTER XIII
IN THE GRIP OF A GIANT SHELL