“There’s Petersen over there now,” remarked String. “He certainly looks harmless enough.”
“And I guess he is,” added Grant.
“Fred isn’t sure of it any more.”
“He’ll feel differently about it when he has recovered from the shock he had,” said Grant confidently.
“Perhaps,” String admitted doubtfully. “Fred gets queer notions though.”
“Let’s ask Captain Dodge about it,” exclaimed Grant. “There he is now.”
“How’s the patient?” asked the captain cheerily as the boys approached.
“All right,” said Grant. “He finished all the soup that Sam brought him, I noticed. We were talking to Sam down in the cabin and he has gotten Fred excited.”
“What about?” demanded the captain curiously.
“He says there is a Jonah on board and that we’re going to have hard luck all through the voyage.”