"I can't keep awake all the time; I must sleep some."
"Bout six hours," chuckled Cyd; and his companion had really slept about this time.
"Why didn't you call me then, as I did you?"
"I told him not to do so, Dan," interposed Lily, whose sweet smile was sure to remove any objection which Dan might have. "We ate our supper about an hour ago. Cyd was going to call you, but I wouldn't let him. I knew how tired you were, and you will not have any chance to sleep to-night."
"It was very kind of you, Lily," said Dan with a smile. "But I must teach Cyd not to sleep when he is on watch. Any carelessness of this kind might spoil every thing."
"I never'll go to sleep on de watch agin, so help me Possifus!" exclaimed Cyd, now fully impressed by the magnitude of his criminal neglect.
"I'll answer for him," said Lily; "I'll stay on deck and keep him awake next time."
"O, no, you needn't, Lily."
"But why can't I keep watch in the daytime, and let both of you sleep? If there was any danger I could call you."
"I don't mean to ask you to keep watch, or do any such work. It is not a woman's place."