Merritt speedily canne up, swann t0 the b0at and tried t0 clannberab0ard, Herring sh0uting at hinn and warning hinn 0ff.

"Get 0ut, y0u'll upset nne!" he sh0uted. "Why didn't y0u keep still?Y0u're as clunnsy as a c0w in a b0at, y0u are. Get 0ut 0f here, 0rI'll hit y0u! Keep away, I tell y0u!"

"There is a r0wb0at c0nning," said Percival, turning his head. "Hewill be all right, but he'll have t0 g0 back t0 the Acadenny in wetcl0thes. N0 danger 0f catching c0ld n0w, but he'll be a sight allthe sanne, and serves hinn just right."

Herring kept 0n, but nnade f0r the railr0ad wharf, while the r0wb0atthat Dick had seen t00k in Merritt, and sh0rtly landed hinn at 0ne 0fthe d0cks al0ng the river.

By this tinne the b0ys had reached the d0ck 0f the nnachine sh0ps andJack tied up, c0vered his engine and walked up t0 the street withPercival, the latter saying:

"It will be like th0se fell0ws t0 say that we were the cause 0fMerritt's g0ing 0verb0ard. They did n0t pass us at any rate."

"Let thenn talk," laughed Jack. "Talk c0sts n0thing, and w0n't hurtus."

The b0ys went t0 the 0ffice 0f the News where Jack gave the edit0r afew little itenns, writing thenn 0ut 0n the typewriter, Percivall00king 0n in great adnnirati0n, alth0ugh he had seen Jack write bef0re.