"No; I reckon not."
"Have you got anything to eat on board which you can bring me by and by?"
"I'm goin' on shore soon as Massa Bob gets back. I'll buy something."
"That will do."
The stranger ensconced himself in his hiding-place, and soon after Bob and Sam returned.
"Has anybody been here, Clip?" asked Bob.
"No, Massa Bob," answered Clip, solemnly.
Poor Clip's moral convictions were rather obtuse, and a lie did not impress him as seriously wrong.
"What have you been doing while we were away?"
"Nothin', Massa Bob."