"I've received an invitation, boys, shall I accept it? You know Phil
Danks, he wants me to board his schooner to talk about the fishing,
shall I go?"
"Please yourself," answered one man, "but we don't want any interlopers
here, it's hard enough to get a living as it is, without a lot of
strangers coming along."
"I'll come," said Amos, and he stepped into the boat.
When they reached the "Heron," Amos Hooker looked around, and saw, from
the appearance of the schooner and the crew that they meant business. He
also recognised that the combined crews would prove more than a match
for the fishers of Shark's Bay. Evidently it was the best policy to
secure any favours that were to be had.
"You did not tell me the name of the man who owns these schooners," he
said.
"Barry Tuxford," replied Phil, who thought it better to deal with the
man, as he knew more about the ways of these people than either Jack or
Harry.