Part 19 (1/2)
”Could we pull him on board, do you think?” inquired Teddy
”Not in a hundred years,” replied Lester ”If we had a pulley big enough and rope strong enough, we uess the best way to do is to crowd on sail and tow hio?” asked Fred
”Oh, it's a matter of ten or twelve miles yet,” was the answer ”If ere free, we couldup But the shark will be a big drag against us, and it will take us at least twice as long The harpoon sticking out at that angle helps to keep us back”
”What do we care how long it takes us to get there!” gloated Teddy ”We have all the time there is and I don't care whether it takes us two hours or ten We'll have soet there”
”Oh, they've seen plenty of sharks,” said Lester ”But I don't think they've often clapped eyes on one as big as this”
”After we reach Milton, how are we going to get the shark ashore?”
persisted Bill
”Oh, that will be no trick at all,” was the answer ”The beach shelves out gradually there and I can take the _Ariel_ pretty close in
Then you fellows can tu the shark with you We couldn't lift hi hiet close to hiht have been nearer to one than you liked the day you went over after Ross,” laughed Bill
”Yes,” adh on h last”
”And we're laughing last, all right,” declared Lester
”Thanks to your good arm and the old harpoon,” added Bill
”We have with us to-day, gentle the air and tone of a professional introducer, ”two renowned throwers Indeed, I entleman at the tiller, Mr Lester Lee, throws the harpoon This other at the sheet, Mr Frederic Rushton, throws the baseball This idler at entleret, that of all this illustrious co”
”Oh yes you do,” put in Bill quickly
”What?”
”You throw the bull,” said Bill
CHAPTER XVII
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
The other boys roared, and for a moment Teddy was disconcerted But he quickly recovered his balance
”I suppose,” he retorted, frowning severely at the culprit, ”that this lo means to intimate that I am a Spanish athlete I should be deeply pained to know that any one who has been under the refining influence of Rally Hall should indulge in the practice of slang What would our dear Doctor Rally say if he heard one of his pupils----”
But the question remained forever unanswered, for just then a piece of pork that Bill had picked up from the deck whizzed past the orator's face, and, in the quick and undignified duck he made, Teddy lost the thread of his discourse