"Hello!" cried the skipper on the Bertha B, coming out on deck.
"Do you know a young fellow named Cunningham? Says he belongs to your crew."
"Sure I do. What's happened to him?"
"We got him here. Just fished him out of the river."
"The deuce you did! Get him in here quick before he freezes."
Alec was helped aboard the Bertha B. He tried to thank the men who had rescued him.
"Shut up and git in there by the fire," shouted Captain Bagley.
Alec hustled into the cabin. In all his life fire had never felt so good.
"Boys," said Captain Bagley, "you saved a darned nice kid. How'd he git in the water?"