The Pirate Shark

on shore. Captain Hollinger, Mart, and Bob were alone on board, save for the steward, and the three were sitting around a big pitche

aimed heartily, "I've got everything on board you

ed Mart quickly. "Wh

ned the captain cooll

" asked Bob in surpri

during the diving operations, and I simply took his advice. He's pretty well posted on ever

ndia," put in Mart, puzzled. "That's w

r-I believe they've even been found in parts of Japan. We're going to have some great shooting, boys! And while I'm off with you in the jungle, or hills-for I'm

' out o' this?" quer

ingapore is already getting us the concession, and Jerry has

dad?" Bob sat up. "T

in that part of the world, and I suppose Arabic is the usual written language; o

sparkling waters of the bay, and sighed. "Oh, I'd give 'most anything to

get to Tringanu. Swanson knows a good deal about diving, and Jerry Smith promis

quared around in his seat. "Am I

ember of the crew. But

troubled, and he he

and cold. "Only, I had an argument with Swanson Friday, and b

. "You're an officer, and you're und

inger. "You take your orders from me, and

t heeding them, he crossed the gangplank and went forward, doubtless t

raw wages if he liked. It looked to Mart as though the old seaman was cranky and wanted to have things just so

ls of San Francisco, when Swanson came along the deck and touched his hat to the ca

on? Mr. Peters

mething, sir, meanin' no offense. Yesterday mornin', sir, there wa

Hollinger. Somehow both he and the boys

I might ask, sir, is he

seems to have changed his mind. Yes, he'll sign

be a lucky shipmate, Cap'n. They tell queer yarns about him; I've heard say as

nson. Smith is as sound in his head as y

ing him keenly. "Yes, sir. He does that. And he'll bring a crew, Cap'n Hollinger, as'

uld pick up a scoundrelly crew, most of them drunk when they came aboard, and that the millionaire might get drawn into

an inch shorter than he. "I wouldn't be captain of this yacht unless I could take

satisfied if you are, Cap'n Hollinger.

ters can handle the crew right enough. Now, you come down and

ke him because he considered the wireless job a sinecure, and wanted to keep all the crew hard at work all the time. It was the usage of the sea, and the big mate himse

went on deck to find steam up and the lines ready to be flung off at a moment's notice. By ten o'clock no crew had c

when they had left the main

crap due to ar

Let's get u

d passed when there came a tramp of feet from the wharf, and a confused murmur of voices. Looking down the deck, by the gangway l

n in the dim glow from the gangway. But, to their great disappointment, there was no fight whatever, and neither did any of the new arrivals seem to be

sir, all shipshape a

'll see that these men sign articles, we'll be off at the turn of the tide. I'd be

followed by the first mate and the crew, all of whom seemed to be decent-looking fellows, and far from what Swanson had so gloomily predicted. But, as the

course or I'll trim you. Savvy that? This ain't the old Coralie, not by a long shot. I'm worki

tly. Then with the mate's final words the old man straightened

if it was me as got Bucko Tom, who was it got the officers o' the Melbourne, eh? No, no, Joe Swanson! I'm a new man now, and let's forget the p

erry Smith shuffled to the companionway and vanished. For a moment Swanson s

art! They'll be sendin' th

g the ladder to the bridge deck. When he had vanished, the two boys hurrie

asked Mart, rumpling his black hair in perple

eyes narrowed. "What did they mean by 'getting' Buc

is voice. "They were pirates together on a shi

heard shouted orders above, and the engines began to throb. "Shucks-forget it,

w had begun h