CHAPTER XIV.
THE "SEA BEE" UNDER FIRE.
The arrangement made with the Yankee skipper was satisfactory, save in one respect.

He was willing to trade provisions for canned lobsters to the extent of taking the entire pack, and he also offered to remove the machinery outfit of the factory on the chance of finding a purchaser for it in the States, but he refused to make any cash advance on the goods.
"I'm willing," he said, "to risk considerable for the sake of being accommodating, and with the hope of making a little something, but I can't afford to risk cold cash." "I don't see how we can make a trade, then," remarked White, as he and Cabot discussed the situation.

"It will take every penny I've got to pay off the hands, and though I believe we could make a good thing out of a Labrador trip, I can't leave mother and Cola without a cent while I'm away.

If he would only let me have fifty dollars----" "He won't, though," interrupted Cabot, "but I will.

I have got just that amount of money with me, and, as I shan't have any use for it in Labrador, I should be more than pleased to leave it here for safe keeping." White at first refused to take his friend's money; but on Cabot's declaring that he had plenty more on deposit in St.Johns, he gratefully accepted the loan, which he promised to repay from the very first sale of goods they should make.
Everything being thus arranged, preparations for departure were pushed with all speed.