“Just so! But, by hookey, I’m yet alive and I’ll make things hot for them, or my name ain’t Matt Williams!”
“Well,” said Frank, heartily, “I hope you will, and I’ll certainly help you all in my power.”
“Will you?” cried Williams, eagerly.
“Yes.”
“I’ll never forget your kindness.”
“Oh, that is all right!”
Williams looked about him and then rubbed his eyes.
“I feel as if I was in a dream,” he cried. “All this looks very unreal to me. A submarine boat! It is a wonderful thing, truly.”
Then he accompanied Frank about the Explorer on a tour of inspection.
He was highly delighted with what he saw.