“What shall I do with you?”
“I will go to Stockholm with you, and pay my passage, if you like,” added Clyde, who wished to get as far as possible from the ship.
“You shall, if you like; or you shall work, if you please. I lose a young sailor, and I want another, to work in his place.”
“No; I will go as a passenger, or not at all,” replied Clyde, very decidedly.
“What you do in a boat so late in the night?” asked the skipper.
“I was going on shore to find a steamer for Stockholm. I will pay you twenty species for my passage,” added the runaway.
“You are very kind to pay so much. You shall have my berth; but it will be long time to Stockholm in my vessel.”
“I shall pick up the boat you lose?”
“No; never mind the boat,” answered Clyde, impatiently, as he glanced at the ship.