"Now you will know!" exclaimed Bessie, gazing anxiously into his face to observe the effect of the discovery upon him.
"Dog-fish and dunderfunk!" ejaculated Levi, as he read the name, "The Starry Flag!"
"There now, Mr. Skipper! Isn't that the name of all names for her?"
"The Starry Flag!" repeated Levi, as he gazed at the golden letters on the stern of the yacht.
"Why don't you say something, you absurd skipper? I'm dying to know what you think of it, and you don't say a word."
"I like it first-rate; but if I had read 'Bessie' there, I should have liked it better, much as I like it now."
"I couldn't have her named after me! How ridiculous! I'm sorry you don't like the name."
"But I do like it, Bessie; though you couldn't expect me to like any other name as well as yours."
"Why, how absurd you are!" replied Bessie, as Levi ran the boat up to the yacht.
The gangway had been rigged so that the passage from one craft to the other was an easy matter, even for ladies. Mr. Watson assisted them on board. One of the hands, who knew the coast, was deputed to take charge of The Starry Flag, and Levi went on board of the beautiful vessel he was to command.