"When?"
"Now."
"For how long?"
"Until ten o'clock to-night."
"Be back by that hour, then," Jack replied. "If you're not, you'll find everything shut tight aboard here."
Truax quickly signaled one of the hovering boats, and put off in it. Eph watched the boat for a few moments before he turned to Captain Jack to mutter:
"Somehow, I wouldn't feel very badly about it if that fellow got lost on shore!"
CHAPTER VI
TWO KINDS OF VOODOO
On the second day of the cruise Jack Benson returned to full duty.