Picking up the two baskets, which had again been filled with nuts, they hurried to the shore and were soon rowing out to the Valkyrie.
"Now let's have the yarn," Captain Ole demanded when they were safe on board.
"I'll tell it," Bob volunteered.
"Not this time you won't," Jack interrupted him. "I can tell it a whole lot better than you can. Watch me."
Bob subsided, and Jack told them the story, ending with: "I reckon they thought we were gods of some kind."
"It's mighty lucky you had those coins with you," Mr. Lakewood said when he had finished.
"By the way, Bob, how many of them did you have?" Jack asked.
"Only two."
"Great Scott, it looked as though you had a dozen and I wondered where you got them all."
"It would have been easier if I'd had more."