“The most of us better make our peace with the Almighty,” he declared. “We shall never get out of this scrape.”
And there the three divers were held imprisoned in the cabin of the sunken ship, while a rescue seemed indeed a hopeless thing.
But let us return to the Dart, and learn the fate which had overtaken it.
Barney and Pomp were faithful and reliable servants.
They were well familiar with the workings of the craft, and no ordinary accident would have troubled them long.
But the accident which befell the Dart was not an ordinary one.
Left aboard the boat, Barney and Pomp fell to skylarking.
They were as full of fun as a nut is of meat.
After jibing each other for a while they got to wrestling.
“Hi, dar, chile, don’ yo’ put yo’ han’s on me!” cried Pomp, as Barney closed with him. “If yo’ does yo’ shuah nuff get de wuss ob it!”