WRECK OF THE SHIP Though the vessel was in great danger Bob could not help smiling at the success of his prank.

When Mr.Tar-bill, with every evidence of terror, had left the deck, Bob crept cautiously forward to peer ahead into the wild waste of waves that threatened to overwhelm the _Eagle_.
"If it isn't a Jilla-Jilly wind, it's almost as bad," thought our hero.

If he had known more about the ocean and its terrors he would have been more frightened than he was.

If it was not exactly an instance of "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," it was, in Bob's case, the next thing to it.
"Wow! That was a bad one!" exclaimed the boy, as an extraordinarily large wave made the ship tremble.
At the same instant a frightened shriek rang out through the darkness.

It was one full of terror.
"It's got me! It's got me!" yelled the voice.