Capn, he insisted, I hate to keep saying it,but I
wish you would let me have my day off. Longs she can keep that course shes allright.
I was glad enough when I heard you call, she went on.
SHE had wasted no space in telling him that she
lovedhim. I aint goin to be killed to please a crazyman.
Benoni smiled, a queerly condescending smile. Homer
urged him to turn in and sleep, but the suggestionwas gruffly, almost savagely,
dismissed. He must tell her so, and at once, there was no question as to that. Shell
come tosee me; she told me she couldnt stay away from me very long. There was no
faltering in hismind, but he dreaded the ordeal. Calvin was grateful to Hezekiah for
the distraction of interestfrom himself to Mr. This is the worst weve hadyet this
winter.
Run along now; I want to read a spell longer. She
did not know the way, along thatbeach, in a fog, as the surfmen did. Homer had
sprung to his feet and was pulling his cap down upon hishead. He dreaded
thedevelopments the day might bring.
And blowin worse than I ever saw it
blow.
And the next day heonce more sought the skipper and
asked the latter for a few hoursof liberty. Bartlettwas, as Gammon had said, very
much overcast.
He obeyed, but he seized her hand, and she did not
take it away.