Then Frank put overboard a small boat and Barney and Pomp set their passenger ashore.
Returning to the Explorer all waved Williams a farewell.
Then Frank raised the lever and set the Explorer under speed once more.
What was the result of all this they never knew.
It was fair to assume, however, that Williams confronted his rascally cousins in St. Johns, and consigned them to the punishment of the law.
This little episode had sufficed in a great measure to break the monotony of the trip.
Once more the Explorer was northward bound.
During the voyage Barney and Pomp had been in high feather.
It was needless to say that their spirits were of the kind that are seldom depressed.
One day Barney, feeling particularly mischievous, planned a clever practical joke upon Pomp.