ACROSS THE OCEAN; OR, A BOY'S FIRST VOYAGE.
A True Story.
BY J. O. DAVIDSON.
Chapter V.
FRANK AND THE CAPTAIN.
Austin was still the centre of an admiring group, when a deep voice made itself heard from behind.
"Say, mates, ye'd better let the lad git on some dry duds, 'stead o' fussin' over him that way; why, he's as wet as the lee scuppers."
Frank recognized old Herrick, the quartermaster, who had roused him from his nap on the coil of rope the first night of the voyage.
"Come, youngster," pursued the old man, "hurry up and git a dry shirt on. What d'ye look so queer for?—hain't ye got nary one?"
Frank explained that his bag and bundle had "disappeared somehow," before they had been two days at sea.