"Now we will have the scene in the small boat, where the party puts
off to visit friends on the other vessel," announced Mr. Pertell.
"They don't actually get there, as the alarm on board this vessel
brings them back. But we'll have to show the start. Now, Mr. Sneed,
you are to go in the small boat first."
Some of the sailors on board the yacht prepared to lower a boat from
the davits, but Pepper Sneed held back.
"Do I have to get into that small boat?" he asked, dubiously.
"Certainly!" replied Mr. Pertell. "There is no danger."
"No danger!" cried Pepper Sneed. "What! In that small boat? Look at
the waves!" and he pointed over the side. There was only a gentle
swell on.
"It's as calm as a mill pond," spoke one of the sailors.
"Mill pond! Don't say mill pond to me!" cried the grouchy actor. "I
fell in one once."
"Well, you won't fall now," declared the manager. "Get in the boat. I
want to show it being lowered over the side with you in it."
"Well, if I have to--I'll have to, I suppose," groaned Mr. Sneed.
"But I know something will happen."
But matters seemed going smoothly enough.
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