The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-11
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Nate Scuddcr's conscience waan'i
worrying him any: you can bet on
that. | want around when he
made the deal for renting 'em the
island. but from what heard after
ward. the pric. would have beer
high II he'd been selling II to 'eu
by the pound TO Kcour knives with
He agreed 10 get bedding for EN-
and tin things. and pig. and efoci'
cry, and hens. and groceries. and
boards To tinker up tho barn with
aud anything else that might come
In handy. Likewise he was TO fetch
and carry for 'cm between tn. VII
iage and the island. And Hubby
Ann was 20 do the washing.
ITS mighty good OF Seudder 70
accommodate us this way" says
Hartley. Hes gem. rough dia
mond."
"seuddcr.r says Van. lis one OF
Natures noblemen''
Not so Lord James.
Look acre. Pratt" says he 70
mo one day. "ow long do you think
we're going TO stay ere on this
'orrible sand 'cAp."
Forever" answers. frcnh.iike.
I wished aftcrward I had no, been
so gas In my speech. Had jollied
him along. as Van might aay. !
would have saved myself heap OF
sweating.
That night after tho Hcavenlics
had finished everything on the table
except the knives and forks and the
dishes. they went outside To smoke
cigars and promenade up and down
tho beach. Ills Lordship and ] set
down 20 have bite ourselves.
Say" says I. that PAGE giri IL
a good locker. Amt She What
made her cut loose from Martin and
take up with Van
"oh. | don't know" says James.
Il card as ow twas because q
Was too mercenary. y vas an aw.
full chap in the Street after ia old
man died. y was there night aud
day. Aruiy came ONE at all"
The next day Martin took u In
bis head he wanted Some clam
chowdeg. II Was that pcASy chow.
der that caused Lord James TO
leave Ma. didn't care 80 much for
Hopper himself. but eookin' and
totin' was enough without 70 have
10 help the Hsavcniles dress.
James and will dig the
clans" said Martin. Tell I'M.
where 10 go--and what 10 dis en-
with. and how TO do u"
told him 10 take the skiff and
clam hoe and q couple Of buckets
and row across 10 the mainland.
There was clans all aiongshorc
there. knew.
"Yon 20 along ~. you sec q 10,
OF little holes In III. sand says.
then you dig Want to look out
that they ain't ssnd.worm holes
And when you begin to dig" says.
you want TO lay right into II. cause
tn. clans are likely 10 be run
downs and they get under fast"
Well. OF course. Martin did mis-
take sand.worm holes for clam
Fholes. Aud. OF course, he did In.
eist on Lord James digging The
upshot OF II all was that Lord James
almost had suns,roke When tho
two got back five hours later. James
was done up. no doubt about that.
There was look of triumph.
however. on Martins face.
iii. Soil" he sings out. IA tn.
pkiff floats In. MY but I'm glad
to see you. Give James n I'M with
the clans and things, will your I'm
done up"
They climbed out OF the boat
Eve found holes enough. but they
didn't seem 10 be- the rigat kind"
explained Martin. While James
was digging at the wrong Kind OF
holes, | was looking for the right
Kind. And at last I was successful.
Struck a place where clans we're
actually In layers just under the
sand. Just look In these buckets,
skipper"
looked Good land!' says !.
Them amt clams--they're qua.
haugs. And there's no quahaugs IN
this part of the bay unless they've
been bedded. You've cleaned out
somebody's private qnahaug bed
| Them quahaugs was all brought over
by somebody and planted where you
found EN-"
Van Brunt had rowed over to
Eastwich that day. lie got home
about supper time. ] had the qua
haug chowder made and he ate
enough for all hands. Hartley was
feeling too used up to relish II
much. and his Lordshlp didn't eat
nothing.
After supper Van told about his
trip. Agnes and the Talford girl
was WELL he said. aad they ano
their Fresh Air tribe was coming to
the Island next day for a picnic.
The next day. what with the
Fresh Airers. might have been
perfect occasion but for Lord
James. Grudglngly he helped Mar
tin and Van into their clothes that
morning. Emphatically he refused
TO help me cook breakfast Ora.
matically he gave notice following
| breakfast--said he was done living
on a desert island. TO say nothing
OF digging II all up.
We we're all pretty glum when at
ten O'Clock Scudder showed up with
the first dory-load OF Fresh Airers
from the Eastwich place. Miss
Agnes come along with EN-. Then
the second load come. cap'ned by
the Talford girl. And then there
was doings, and gloom disappeared.
Rodney stuck to Hartley like a
mud-turtle to big toe.
Hello. Andrew Jackson" says
to the boy. How do you like this
part OF the country?'
Great" says he.
Next thing knows the Page girl
comes up the porch steps alone
Hartley stood up and lifted his cap.
"Wherea Nan2" he aaked