"If I ever get anything solid under my feet I'll take it out of you for that! That's a mean trick to play on a fellow when he's in the shape I'm in at this minute. How long do you suppose the noise outside will keep up?"
"I don't know. Probably all the way down Superior."
"And how far is that?"
"Let me see. I think Mr. Carrhart said the trip to the—the Soo took thirty-six hours."
"Help!" muttered Jarvis faintly.
"Now, I want you to brace up. Come on, get up. If you don't I'll trounce you and make you forget your troubles."
"Yes, you can talk, but if you felt as badly as I do, you wouldn't spout that way. You; couldn't without—without——"
"Perhaps I do feel badly, but I may have the will power to fight it out."
Steve reached down and pulled Jarvis up beside him. The latter protested, but it did him no good, for he was apparently unable to offer any resistance. Rush threw an arm about his companion and began talking about other subjects in order to divert Bob's mind from his sufferings, for his was a real case of seasickness.