Part 3 (1/2)
”Well?” questioned Jack
”That's all,” replied Rand
”Noonder,” mused Jack, when the story of the encounter with Monkey Rae and his coone over in detail for his benefit, ”what Monkey Rae has to do with these things,” jingling the coins in his hand
”Not as much as you or I have,” announced Donald ”I can no see any connection between the two”
”Of course you can't, old wisdoination, but I think it is there just the saon was it?”
”That's another strange part of it,” replied Rand ”I never saw theot theht of that; the truth is, I was so busy with Monkey that I didn't look at them”
”Well,” broke in Don, ”if you ask my opinion I think it would be more to the purpose if ent on our own business instead of wasting ti on what is no concern of ours”
”All right, Solomon-Donald,” said Rand; ”it sounds wise”
”Even if it is rowled Jack
CHAPTER IV
UP THE RIVER
”Are you all ready?” called Rand, as stroke ”Pull!”
The boys bent to their work in earnest, and but feords were spoken while they sent the boat along, one some half dozen th, ”what is thehere?”
”Tired?” asked Donald
”Well, I feel as if I had been doing so on his oar
”I suppose there isn't much choice in the ood as another”
”Only some of them are better,” put in Jack
”And this is one of thereen place over there on the shore where we can put in and cook soested Donald ”You know you have first to catch your fish before you can cook them”
”We'll do that, too, old Solomon the Second,” returned Jack, as in the bow ”That's e caht, let it go,” ordered Rand ”Easy now, if you don't want to scare all the fish away What are you trying to do?” as Jack gave the anchor a swing and, failing to let go of the painter, promptly went overboard with it
”I just went down to see if the anchor got to the bottom,” explained Jack a ht you were going to dive for the fish,” said Pepper, ”like the hawks do”
”Maybe I will try that later,” replied Jack, shaking hiet rid of soet the first bite”
For the next fewtheir tackle in order and into the water, after which they settled down to await results