. St. Nicholas [serial] . the lawyer all that had liappened. Well, Simon Barker hates to part withmoney, said Mr. Merrill, but he will pay inthe end. He can fight and stand us off for along time if he wants to, but sooner or laterhe s got to come to terms. So sit tight, myboy, and let Simon and me do the worrying. 720 THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA-LARK [June, CHAPTER VH THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK Jack was by now becoming quite accustomedto sleeping aboard the Sea-lark. The slightmotion of the sloop as she lay at her mooringsand the gentle lapping of water against the sideof the craft, instead of keepin
. St. Nicholas [serial] . the lawyer all that had liappened. Well, Simon Barker hates to part withmoney, said Mr. Merrill, but he will pay inthe end. He can fight and stand us off for along time if he wants to, but sooner or laterhe s got to come to terms. So sit tight, myboy, and let Simon and me do the worrying. 720 THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA-LARK [June, CHAPTER VH THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK Jack was by now becoming quite accustomedto sleeping aboard the Sea-lark. The slightmotion of the sloop as she lay at her mooringsand the gentle lapping of water against the sideof the craft, instead of keeping him awake,lulled him to sleep. There was a delightful two chapters of a book, stuck his head out ofthe companionway to see what the weather waslike, and then began to undress. As he placediiis shoes under the bunk he chuckled. It is nt necessary, he muttered, as he wentto a locker and took from it certain articles,but what a joke if— For several minutes he busied himself at anoccupation rarely indulged in by IN A FLASH, JACK WAS BOLT UPRIGHT—(SEE NEXT PAGE) novelty, also, in sleeping on his boat, and thesense of impending danger which, during thefirst night or two, had kept his ears straining,was beginning to vanish. Both he and Georgenow dropped off to sleep within a few minutesof the light being extinguished. A few nights after the salvage of the Graceand Ella George was not aboard, as hisfather required his assistance to get a launchinto the water on the top of the early morningtide. Jack, therefore, had to spend the nightalone. For an hour or so he chatted withCapn Crumbie in the latters cubbie on thewharf, and then climbed down to the sloop. Inthe cabin he lighted his lantern, read the last When he had finished, There! he said, itcant do any harm, and it may do some good. Five minutes later he was in the strangeworld of dreamland where pirates and redskinsbecame entangled in adventures more absorb-ing than any ever found between the coversof a book. Somewh
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