"You stole the vessels after I ordered you to stop," muttered Captain Rowly.
"Precisely so; but, being in a hurry just then, I hadn't time to stop," laughed Christy.
"Where are you going now? You knew I was on the deck of this schooner, and you have brought me off here where I didn't want to come. I am not used to the water, and I am afraid I shall get sea-sick," continued the fat officer.
"Perhaps we may be able to provide a nurse for you if you are very sick."
"Why don't you answer my question, and tell me where you are going?" demanded the soldier.
"We are going out here a mile or two farther, just to take the air and get up an appetite for breakfast."
"But I object!"
"Do you indeed?"
"And I protest!"
"Against what?"