bully who had made so much trouble on board of her.
“Are you going to leave him there, Dory?” asked Lew Shoreham.
“Of course I am going to leave him there. He can’t drown on the island; and, if I take him on board again, he may destroy the whole of us,” replied Dory rather warmly. “He is the most unreasonable fellow I ever met in my life.”
“But what will he do on that island?” asked Ben Ludlow.
“Repent of his folly the first thing he does, I hope,” answered Dory.
“Does any one live on the island?” inquired Jim Alburgh.
“No one lives there. If any one did, that fellow would get up a quarrel with him in fifteen minutes. Captain Gildrock may settle his case, though I fancy he will go for me the first chance he gets.”
“He is sure to do that,” added Bob Swanton.
“He may get a thrashing if he does,” replied Dory.
“Don’t be too sure of that, Dory. He is a fighting character, and has been turned out of