"Oh, but it's meself as would have liked ter have seen thot fight."
"You missed a good one let me tell you," Jack told him.
"And how soon can we get a boat for Seattle?" Bob asked a few minutes later.
"Cap'n Dick got in two days ago an' I reckon he'll be goin' out aboot day after ter-morrow an' it's barely possible he'll let yer go along," Pete grinned.
They found Captain Blake on board his ship an hour later and the reunion between the friends was warm indeed. The captain confirmed Pete's statement that he would sail the next day but one and assured them that he would be most happy to have them as passengers.
"We ought to get to the ranch in time for Christmas," Jack declared.
"Sure you will if we have a fair trip down the coast," the captain assured them. "But have you wired your father?"
"What do you know about that?" Bob asked. "Never thought of it, but I'll go right up town and attend to it."
Two days later, after an affectionate parting with Lucky, who, in spite of his protests was obliged to accept a handsome present in addition to his wages, from Mr. Lakewood and the boys, they sailed out of the harbor just as the sun was peeping over the edge of the ocean.
"We'll have to come up here again sometime," Jack declared as he stood leaning on the rail for a last hand wave to Pete Slinger who was waving them good bye from the wharf.