"No, sir. There wan't no one there an' his bunk hadn't been slept in neither, sir."
"Well, you and a couple of others make a search of the ship and hurry too."
"Aye, aye, sir."
"What's wrong now?" Mr. Lakewood asked as he joined Bob on the bridge.
"The second mate seems to be missing, sir," Bob told him.
"Josh Kelley?"
"Yes, sir."
"What do you make of it, captain?" Mr. Lakewood asked leaning over the sill of the window of the wheel house.
"Oh, I reckon probably he's somewhere about the boat."
"You think so?"