So now you know about Skinny and you'll find out a lot more about him, too.
Before Saturday came, Mr.Ellsworth made a bargain with Sandy Grober to tow us down into the Kill Von Kull--that's near Staten Island, you know.

Sandy has a boat with a heavy duty motor in it, and he said he'd do the job for ten dollars, because, anyway, he'd go to Princess Bay fishing.

Our troop was broke and we couldn't spare the money, because we needed all we had for eats and things.

So this is the way we fixed it.
Mr.Ellsworth gave Sandy the ten dollars and then each one of the patrol leaders gave Mr.Ellsworth a note saying his patrol would pay back two dollars and a half as soon as they earned it.

That would make seven dollars and a half, and Mr.Ellsworth said he would pay the other two fifty himself, so you see it was all divided up even between the patrols and the scoutmaster.
Believe me, we had some fun earning that money, especially the Raving Ravens--that's the Raven Patrol, you know.
We started early Saturday morning, and we knew just where we had to go, because we had a letter from Captain Savage, saying that we should wait in the anchorage off St.George at Staten Island, until he came and got us.