In fact, some years ago, when there was a shark scare
along the New Jersey coast, some fishermen declared that it was
horse mackerel that were responsible for the death and injury of
several bathers. A number of horse mackerel were caught and
exhibited as sharks, but, as you can easily see, their mouths
lack the under-shot arrangement of the shark, and they are not
built at all as are the man-eaters."
"Bless my toothbrush!" exclaimed Mr. Damon. "Still, between a
horse mackerel and a shark there isn't much choice!"
Mr. Hardley, with a shudder, turned away from the glass
windows, and Tom glanced significantly at Ned. It was another
exhibition of the man's lack of nerve.
"We'll have trouble with him before this voyage is over,"
declared the young inventor to his chum, a little later.
"What makes you think so?" asked Ned.
"Because he's yellow; that's why. I thought him that once
before, and then I revised my opinion. Now I'm back where I
started. You watch--we'll have trouble."
"Well, I guess we can handle him," observed the financial
manager.
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