"If the ice goes t' sea——"
"You'll leave me. I understand that."
"I'll leave ye like a rat!"
Archie laughed.
"Billy," said he, gleefully, "I'll go south with you!" And to Cap'n Saul: "How long will you give me, sir?"
"I'll give you a week."
"Make it ten days, sir?"
"Archie," Cap'n Saul replied, "I thought you was a b'y o' some sense. How can I say a week or ten days? I'll pick you up if I can. An' that's all I'll say. What I'm here for is swiles. An' swiles I'll have, b'y, no matter whether you're left on the coast or not."
Archie flushed.