"Now, Mr.
Passford, you can do as you did on our former voyage in the Eleuthera: turn in and sleep till morning." "That would not be fair.

I will take my trick at the helm, as it seems to be plain sailing, and you can have your nap first," suggested Christy.
"No; I slept all the afternoon in anticipation of to-night, and I could not sleep if I tried," the skipper insisted.

"By the way, Mr.Passford, I am somewhat afraid that the name of our boat may get us into trouble." "Why so ?" asked the other curiously.
"The island on our port hand is Eleuthera, about forty miles long.

Of course it is well known at Nassau, and it may cause people to ask us some hard questions.

We may even stumble upon the boat's former owner, who would claim her." "We could buy her, or another like her, in that case," suggested Christy.