"Hurry up and attend to it, Macrae."
In a few minutes the crate was ready. Steve engineered the following efforts, as he had those that had gone before. The bear was dragged back to the stern. There the men waited while Steve put another large chunk of meat in the cage.
"All ready, men. Throw him down the stairs. Be sure that you get him down, or he'll be after us and then we shall have our hands full," shouted Steve.
"It strikes me we already have," muttered the captain, gazing admiringly at the efforts of the Iron Boy.
"You ought to join a menagerie," suggested Jarvis.
"All ready now," warned Steve.
"All ready," answered the men.
Steve cast a final look about, taking careful note of the knots which were ready to be unfastened at the word.
"Let go!" he shouted.
With a roar Mr. Bruin went rolling, bumping and scratching down the stairs into the lazaret.