"Ben, I don't want to have any row; and I won't quarrel with my brother; but I don't think it is quite fair for you to ask so much of me."
"Don't I know all about a steamboat?"
"Can you pilot one up and down the lake?"
"Well, no; I never did that kind of work."
"Can you run an engine?"
"No; and you can't, either. The captain doesn't have to be a pilot, nor an engineer."
"What must he do, then?"
"He must look out for everything, make the landing, and see that the people on board are comfortable."
"I intend to do all that."
"How can you do it, and stay in the wheel-house?"