CHAPTER III.
A FRESH YOUNG MAN.
Frank and his three friends bad a stateroom together.

The tutor was given a room with other parties.
The weather for the first two days was fine, and the young collegians enjoyed every minute, not one of them having a touch of sea-sickness till the third day.
Then Rattleton was seized, and he lay in his bunk, groaning and dismal, even though he tried to be cheerful at times.
Browning enjoyed everything, even Rattleton's misery, for he could be lazy to his heart's content.
They had enlivened the times by singing songs, those of a nautical flavor, such as "Larboard Watch" and "A Life on the Ocean Wave," having the preference.
Now it happened that the Frenchman occupied a room adjoining, and he was very much annoyed by their singing.

He pounded on the partition, and expressed his feelings in very lurid language, but that amused them, and they sang the louder.
"M.

Montfort seems to get very agitated," said Frank, laughing.
"But I hardly think there is any danger that he will do more than hammer on the partition," grunted Bruce.

"He's kept away from us since he found he could not frighten anybody." "He's a bluffer," was Diamond's opinion.
"He's a great fellow to play cards," said Merry.