suffered more he felt poor and wanted to earn money in some way the dog fish season had half sound the would opened and he was actually preparing to go into the business of catching them dock had promised him the use of a � for he could not afford to buy one � and he had taken s old lines and repaired them for use mr fail field groaned and sighed all day long while he worked upon his fishing lines and his he could not tell who had stolen his money and in his hatred of his nephew he still persisted in suspecting him there was no and he could do nothing but believe that was the thief it was useless to say anything or do anything for was so popular that justice could not be had the lines the and the bait were all ready and the old man carried them down to the where dock had left the along the shore of this part of cape ann there is a succession of rocky extending out into the sea between these are the stretching in from bluff to bluff as they have been fashioned by the mighty waves which roll in from the open ocean on these sandy shores the chant their solemn melody all day and all night long and break of fortune ob with pitch and swell upon the jagged rocks that form the on the road but a few rods from mr s and near one of these was the house of dock where his family had always lived even when he was in new york the end of the curved round so as to leave a portion of the water behind it protected from the force of the sea thus forming a sheltered landing place off this point lay the flag and on the rocks where the usually embarked were several and among them dock s which mr was to use across the end of the a few rods from the extreme point was a natural chasm in the rocks through which the water flowed at high tide it was about ten feet wide and rather more than this in depth across it a plank had been placed for the convenience of and others on the next which terminated in s point was the new summer residence of mr he had made a landing pier which was available at half tide but kept his boat at the old half round the world because the place was sheltered from the violence of the north east winds and it was less than half a mile across to the house where he usually took in his passengers mr went down to the and put his fishing gear on board he did it as a man goes to a funeral he had been a in his younger days but it was a bitter necessity in his view which now compelled him to resume it when he was old and stiff while he was the bait and lines in the dock came down to see him he had laid aside his suit of black and now wore a full seaman s well squire have you heard anything from your money yet demanded dock as he seated himself on a rock not a thing and tain t likely i ever shall replied mr with a most distressing expression on his face haven t you any idea what has become of it not the grain in the world it s gone and that s all i know about it i did think took it and i t got done so yet of fortune or what made you think he took it asked dock with no little interest manifested on his ugly face well he come to the house when i wan t in though i was close hy and see him go in he went up garret and got a little saw mill he made i went up to the and was just goin to see where he was hut i stopped a minute in the kitchen to tell my wife she was the wood and went out afore i see him a little while the fire out and that my money was gone s most eighteen and it stands to reason he don t want no little saw mill to play with of course he don t added dock he said that he wanted to show it to the but what does a city like her about a saw mill and on em t been near it that shows how much they care about it said dock who was evidently prepared to the old man s philosophy i can t help set the house and then took the money continued mr half bound the world the current explanation of the cause of the fire my wife tain t so because the boy has all the money lie wants and don t have no occasion to steal but t no more of the of money than he has of and he throws it away as reckless as a sailor he comes home from a cape horn v y ge a i know he does if he had to earn it he wouldn t be quite so free with it hates me f i am his uncle and never did nothing but take good of his money for him � he hates me like destruction and that s what makes me think he done it he s a bad boy if he is go n to the church folks will find him out one of these days and then they ll know i told the truth about him a could anybody else have taken the money that s the p int not s i know on � least ways nobody but you and mat you don t think i took it� do you i t been able to think so replied 