And when Capn Bartlett gets here give him as fair a
show asyou would have given me.
He owned a catboat and went off to the fishing
banks along Orhamsborders after cod. Burn this letter just as soon as you have read
it.
The little procession wassuggestive of a funeral,
so Homer thought.
And everything that goes wrong will be so much the
worsefor him and so much better for you. If Id been drownded I guess likelyyoud have
heard of it afore this. What right has he got to ask favorsof you?
But he was not; Nellie Snow waswatching him, so
also was her mother.
There was but a moderate searunning and the job
looked like an easy one. Seleucus spiedem from the tower and he was down to the
beach when they landed.
Hezekiahs joy made him scarcely articulate, but he
did his best.
If you had youwould know that he couldnt soft soap
anybody. Possibly a little more than it was worth, accordingto some of the skeptics.
The meal was by no means a badone, in spite of Sareptas profuse apologies for its
picked-upness. Seleucus spiedem from the tower and he was down to the beach when
they landed. Are you going to knuckledown and let him walk all over you? We cantell
better about him after we see how he handles one of themjobs.
He was likely to beup and about at any hour of the
night, and this the crew learned. I guess likely youre surprised to see me comin
here to live,she said.
He turned then and looked, but his look did not
please her. He was up hereon liberty, you know, a little while ago, and I made it my
businessto see him.
If I couldnt oblige an oldchum that much Id be
ashamed.
Superintendent Kellogg was to blame, he and the
idiotsat Washington, and the newspapers.
I dont mind ownin up I didnt feel much like
grinninTHAT day.
Twasbecause the Almighty was provin to me that He
looked out for Hisown. He was likely to beup and about at any hour of the night, and
this the crew learned. Wasnt he going to stay for supper andthe evening? Even now
hecould not believe she really meant it.
Then he went outand took a walk up and down the
beach, thinking.
Someone was running up the beach, shouting as he
came. Butshe was absolutely wrong about Kellogg. It was pleasant, and as wonderful
asever. He moves in amysterious way His wonders to perform. All right, all right,
said Bartlett, gruffly. Then, whencompany came unexpectedly it was all right.
Cantyou see this is a fight for your rights?
Seleucus was quiteaware of the gossip and the
chuckles, but he never joined in them. And,after the signature, was an underscored
P. But she had so chosen and he ought already to be provinghimself worthy of his
luck.