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Again Mayo tried to speak

"Why don't you shut up that gobbling and talk sense?" shouted the irate

skipper, with ard of the captive's predicament

"Father, are you completely crazy? You haven't taken that spike out of

hiswhen he is all wrapped in his own

business and everybody trying to e He

fumbled in his pocket and produced a knife He slashed away the rope

yarn which lashed the marlinespike "If you can talk sense I'll help

you do it! I reckon you can holler all you want to now The, much less this schooner Now talk up!"

Mayo worked his aching jaws and found his voice "You kno I

happened to get aboard, Captain Candage I am skipper of the Olenia

Put back with me if you want to save trouble"

"Not by a tin hoopus, sir! I ain't going about and tackle theot open sea ahead, and I shall keep going!"

Mayo was a sailor who knew that coast, and he ade's stubbornness was justified

"I ain't responsible for your getting aboard here I'll land you as soon

as I can--and that covers the law, sir"

During a prolonged silence the two e, I trust you will not consider that you