The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24

Here o. Gloucester. which you don't seem
rightly TO know"
II don't know. and don't care" said Har.
vey. I'm grateful enough for being saved
and all that, but want you 10 understand that
the sooner you take me back to New York the
better It'll pay you"
| "Meanin'-haow2." Troop raised one shaggy
e'sH Boi.rs and csnt".S said Harvey delighted
| to think that he was making an impression;
into his sI POCKET. and s' threw out his stomach
O%vs dGns t1s beet dsEs TO,t yoq sySI
Hes bin fayored," said Disko. dryIy;
And if.you don't know who Harvey Cheyne
rs. you don't know mucb-thars all. Now
turn her around and let's hurry"
hsy had nHGn with that 5 srsssa sH
SMebbe do. an mebbe don't Take q
reef In your stummick' young Teller. It's tuii
Harvey heard a chuckle from Dan. who was
for that. too lie said. When do you sup
We shall &c. to New York;" no,on
| We may see Eastern Point abaout september;
an, your ps-Tm real sorry ! nain,t heerd tell
ct him,may siSSs me SO after all your Talk.
Ten dollars why. see here. L" Hnr-
ayed INTO ri, S M h'
lungs. HsSys en- overheard. young Teller.
ITS been siolen!' cried Harvey. holly.
You'll hey 70 walt till you see your pa to
"A hundred and thirty-four doilars-all
stolen" said Harvey; hunting wildly through
Ills pockets GIVE them back" -, r,.
hard ISee What might you have been dom
~ 49,, % -, ..oh., ,,,sn.v- f,r Z.
month. This. Harvey thought. would be a
knock down blow, and II wes.indirecily:
qns snS sr ons
Only! You don't remember hittin' ANYTHING
East Wind Troop seemed to be talking to
himself."he tripped on a hatch an 5nttod i
three weeks afterward. old man Hasken he
would hev 1t that the East Wind was com
meroe- des;royin, Han-o,war: an SO he p, Dc
ish. an the shoals run aout too far. They
sewcd him up IN n bed bag. his head an feet
to home at Essex playin with little rag dolls. +"
Harvey chokcd with rage. but Troop went
sfs I wFs ssans S ~ son % .as
you vOp . YSS !, s'SIo T." conn.,
fort to you, Naow. abaout Roin' back. Allow
In we toLld do IL, which we can't, you amt
NO a. state to 60 70 eIs T. er
our bread. We don't see the ha'ar Of hun.
dred dollars month. let alone pocket money;
where's about the first weeks o. SEPTEMBER"
But but re May ~. non S. and cant r stay =,
ash: / can't, / tell your,
Right an Jest; lest an, right. No one asks
you TO do nothin'. There's heap as YOU can
l mistrust he lost his grip in n gale we FUND
there. Anyways he never come back 10 deny
tial for all concerned. mis,rust, though,
there's ruther few things you kin do. Amt
II can make It lively for you and your men
vicious nod. InurmuIinR vague threats about
piracy" at which Troop almost-not quite
"ETcep' talk. I'd forgot that. You ain.
the w 70 f ere s Kesp Your eyes cpsn, an
help Dan TO do ez he's bid, an sech like. an
I'll give you-you Amt with 1t. but III give
en nd OF the trip. little WORK viii kind o
ease up your pore head. an you kin tell us all
abaout your dad and your Ma an your money
she's on the steamer said Harvey. his
eyes flling with tears. Take me TO New
Poor woman-poor woman. When she
has you back she'll iorglt II all. though. There's
back naow-ii's more'n u thousand mile-we'd
lose the season. The men they wouldn't hev
s si f. wSa %asS %sks It Al. right
He'd try. ! don't doubt he'd try" said
health when you see hin, In the fall. Go for
ward an helr Dan. IT'S ten an ha'af a
month. ez ] said an, O. course all FUND.
do you mean that am to clean pots and
pans and thingsi" said Harvey
young Teller"
II wO:,t! Ny father will give you enough
stamped ON the deck--''ten time, over. II you
take me % New York safe; and and-you're
,s asd Thirty ,Ss s ms
"How7 You know how. well enough. On
work"-har,ey, was, very proud OF hat ad.
ies.iye.-,ill the fall tell you will not.
Troop regarded the top of the inainmast
with deep interest for awhile. ms Harvey
haranRued hercelv all around him IN the at
Fish. he said at last. I'm figuring out
my RESPONSIBILITIES in my own mind. It's a
Dan stole up and plucked Harvey by the
elbow, Dont go to tSvmperin' with DAD any
thief two or three times over, an he don't
take that from any Twin being"
II won't" Harvey almost shricked. and
Seems kinder unncighborly." he said at
last his eye travelling down to Harvey. Il
You want blame me when ins Se se out
your systim. Be sure YOU sense what l sayF
Ten an hsaf fer second boy on the schooner
sake o. your health. Yes or nor"
No" said Harvey. Take me back TO New
York. or I'll see YOU"
He Cid not exactly remember what fol.
lowed. He was lying in the scuppcrs. holding
on 10 a nose that bled. while Troop looked
down on him serenely.
DAN" he said to hie son. ~ was sot agn
this young Teller when iirst saw him. on nc:
count o. hasty Judgments. Never you DO led
astray by hasty Judgments. Dan. Naow I'm
sorry fer him because he's plumb distracted in
his UPPER works. He amt responsible Ter the
fe n nj
ments-ner fer Jumpin' overheard. which I'm
abaout convinced he did. You be gentle with
him, Dan. r I'll give YOU twice what I've givo
him, The n hemmeridges clears the head.
Let him sluice II off,"
Troop went down solemnly into tho cabin,
where he and the older men bu- ked. leaving
Dsn TO comfort the luckless heir " thirty
millions.
CHAPTER II.
II warned ye," said Dan. as the drops fell
thick and fast on tho dark, oiled planking
Dad amt nowRys hasty, but you fair earned
u. Pshaw! there's no sense takin' on So"