“Suppose we put you ashore upon that point of land. You can find your way home all right enough, can’t you?”
“Certainly!” replied Williams; “but won’t you stop in the town for awhile?”
“I think not.”
“I would like to have you meet my uncle. He would be glad to entertain my dear friend.”
“I thank you!” replied Frank, sincerely, “but I have no doubt you will see wherein it would be inadvisable for me to stop. I have a long voyage to make; my stores are limited and so is my time.”
“Enough!” cried Williams; “then I will thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
“That is all right!”
“I only wish there was some other way in which I could express my gratitude.”
“That is nothing.”
The Explorer was run for the point of land.