That was not enough, however, and he raised an alarm and brought out
Bucephalus and a number of the servants, and said:

"Somebody's been trying to monkey with Jack Sheldon's boat. There
ought to be a watch kept. Other camps have sentinels, and this
should have one. Stay on watch to-night, boys, and I'll give you a
dollar apiece."

"A'right, sah," said Bucephalus with a broad grin. "So dey tried
to hu't Mistah Jack's boat, did dey? Wha' yo' doin' in it you'se'f,
sah? Was yo' goin' to sleep in it?"

"Me?" exclaimed the little fellow indignantly. "No indeed. I
was looking over the engine to get the hang of it. Jack told
me I might. Go to sleep nothing! If I had been asleep I would
not have caught these rascals at their dirty work."

"But yo' didn' cotch dem, sah, dey done runned away."

By this time Jack, Percival, Harry and Arthur, and a number of the
boys, aroused by the noise, had come down to see what was the matter.

Young Smith turned his light on the bottom of the boat, it having
been drawn up on the beach, and saw the mark of the auger quite
plainly.

It had not gone in deep enough to do any harm, and what, hole there
was could be caulked with very little trouble.

The rascals had dropped their tools in their hurry, and Jack picked