He regarded that as cowardly, and he was always willing to take whatever punishment was coming to him for his "jokes." "Yes, captain," he said in a low voice.

"I did it." "Ha! I thought so." "Bob Henderson!" exclaimed his mother, her face flushing red with mortification.

"Did you play that horrid joke on the minister ?" "Yes, but I didn't mean to." "You didn't mean to ?" "No.

I thought some one else was going to sit on that chair." "You thought some one else was?
Why, that's just as bad--almost.
Who did you think would sit there ?" "Captain Spark!" "You young rascal!" exclaimed the commander of the _Eagle_, but he did not seem very angry.

"So that was intended to anchor me down, eh?
Well, I must look into this." "I thought you'd sit there," went on Bob.
"So I was going to, but the minister made me change, as he's a little deaf on one side, and he wanted to ask me some questions about the Fiji Islanders." There was now quite a crowd around Bob, his mother, and the captain.
Mrs.Henderson did not know what to do.