"Once a minute will do, Perry," he said.

"You sound like a locomotive scaring a cow off the track." "How do you know there isn't a cow ahead ?" demanded Perry.

"Or a whale?
Gee, wouldn't it be a surprise if we bust right into a whale?
Who would get the worst of it, Steve ?" "I guess we would.

Shut up a minute, fellows, please!" Silence held the bridge deck, silence save for the subdued purr of the engine under their feet and the drip, drip of the drops from the awning edge.

Steve peered anxiously ahead, his senses alert.