“Bedad, I——”
Crash!
Barney’s remark was interrupted.
The Jove had gone in violent contact with the trees, and the shock knocked Pomp down.
Frank was more fortunate, as he clung to the rail, and the coon fell from the deck.
“Murder!” he howled.
“Thunder!” gasped Frank, in alarm.
He expected to find the darky a mangled corpse.
There was no time to see where Pomp landed, for the Jove glided backward, and then darted ahead again.
She missed the trees, and quickly struck the ground, with several of her stays broken by the collision.