CHAPTER XXII
LEADING A LIVELY CHASE
"THE bear has escaped!" shouted a voice down on the main deck.
"What bear?"
"The one that was in the lazaret."
"Didn't know there was any bear there. You're kidding," answered the doubting sailor.
"Go up and take a peep into the wheel-house, if you don't believe it. You'll get a bang on the side of the head that will make your ears ring eight bells for the rest of the night."
"I—I guess I'll take your word for it." The sailor turned and ran for the deck-house.
Steve Rush, aroused by the shouting, got up and poked his head from the cabin window.