“So they’ve found ye, hey?”
“Yes; and you know what to expect now,” said the boy.
“What kin yer do? I ain’t done no harm.”
“For shanghaiing this boy and attempting to kill him,” said the inventor, “you can be sentenced to a long term in prison.”
“Are yer goin’ ter take me off o’ my ship?”
“Yes; and you’ll go back a prisoner with me.”
This announcement started the captain swearing furiously, and to put an end to it Frank had him confined aboard the Ranger, where he was no longer heard.
A severe lecture was given to his crew, and they were told to clear out of the strait with the Red Eric.
This they hastened to do.
Frank and his friends remained at the station several days.