“'Hold on!' says I. 'Here's where I get out.'
“However, they wouldn't let me, and the Cap'n took the wheel. His jaw was set and his hands shakin', but he done it. Hettie had give her orders and she was skipper.
“For a consider'ble spell we just crawled. Jonadab was steerin' less crooked every minute and it tickled him; you could see that.
“'Answers her hellum tiptop, don't she?' he says.
“'Bet your life!' says Bradbury. 'Better put on a little more speed, hadn't we?'”
He put it on himself, afore the new pilot could stop him, and we commenced to move.
“'When you want to make her jump,' he says, you press down on that with your foot, and you shove the spark back.'
“'Shut up!' howls Jonadab. 'Belay! Don't you dast to touch that. I'm scart to death as 'tis. Here! you take this wheel.'
“But he wouldn't, and we went on at a good clip. For a green hand the Cap'n was leavin' a pretty straight wake.
“'Gosh!' he says, after a spell; 'I b'lieve I'm kind of gettin' the hang of the craft.'