“You don’t mean Mr. Johnson, the mate, do you?” said Grant.
“Suttinly not. Mr. Johnson am a Swede.”
“Who can it be, do you suppose?” asked Grant of Fred and String and Pop. The four friends were much interested in what Sam had to say.
“Dey calls him Pete,” said Sam.
“Not Petersen?” exclaimed Fred. “The man who went up the mast with me?”
“Dat’s de one,” said Sam with great conviction. “He am a Jonah. Jus’ so long as he is on dis boat we is boun’ to hab hard luck. He was de one who was responsible fo’ you all doin’ dat dive.”
“How silly,” laughed Fred. “You don’t think he pushed me, do you?”
“Ah ain’t sayin’ as how he done actually pushed you,” said Sam mysteriously. “All de same he was ’sponsible.”
“Why do you suspect him, Sam?” asked String curiously.
“Because he am a Finn,” said Sam.