Chapter 12 THE ARCH OPTERYX.

"But we always thought--" began Marjorie-

"That when people spoke of a sailor "spinning a yarn," they meant telling a story," finished Dick.

"Oh! oh! how could you think such a thing," said the sailors, indignantly. "Sailors always tell the truth; don't they, Skipper?"

The Skipper winked at Dick with one eye, and answered, guardedly, "Ahem