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I wanted to see him anyhow, about a little matter of a political appointment up his way, so I decided to take the car and go myself. Well, I've just got back and I had a windy v'yage, too. And cold, don't talk!" "Um . . . yes. . . . Get your money, did you?" "Yes, I got it. It's in my overcoat pocket now.
It was raining, the long stretches of salt marsh were windswept and brown and bleak. In the distance Cape Cod Bay showed gray and white against a leaden sky. The drops ran down the dingy car windows. Captain Zelotes understood, however. He nodded. "It used to look good to me when I was bound home after a v'yage," he observed.
"Well, I swan to man, Miss Howes!" he cried. "This IS a surprise! I didn't know you was due for a v'yage in this latitude." Thankful laughed. "Neither did I," she declared. "It's as big a surprise to me as it is to you, Cap'n. She didn't write me a word." Emily laughed. "Of course I didn't, Auntie," she said. "I wanted to surprise you. But you're glad to see me, aren't you?"
Go and git a MAN som'ers and put him in charge, not a half-baked " here he lowered his muzzle and fired point-blank at the object of his wrath, "Yes, and I'll say it to your face, Captain Baxter. You take my advice and lay off for this v'yage, it ain't no picnic out to the Ledge. You ain't seen it since we got the stone 'bove high water. Reg'lar mill tail!
"Tell 'em abaout yer meetin' Captain Sol, Sam," she repeated. "Me and Sol met kinder cur'us," began the captain. "That year I was first mate of the Marthy Dutton, of Kennebec; and on this identical v'yage we was baound daown along with a load of coal. In them days three was a full-handed crew for a fore-an'-after, and that's all we had, captain, mate, and cook, and a dog and cat.
He and I have had a good talk on the way down. We got along fust-rate; hey, commodore? The commodore's agreed to ship second-mate along with me next v'yage I make, if I ever make one." Thankful held her "relation" he was Emily's half-brother and her own favorite next to Emily herself in that family at arm's length. "You blessed little little mite!" she exclaimed.
But, you see, I've never believed that work was the cuss of mankind, like some folks, and no matter how much money a young feller's got I think he's better off doin' somethin'. That's the gospel accordin' to Elisha. Well, good luck and a pleasant v'yage. See you again soon. Say," turning back, "keep an eye on George, will you?
In the old days, when fishin' schooners used to run from South Harniss here, Jerry he was owner and skipper of a little hooker and Solon Black went one v'yage with him.
If we do meet with him again, we must do all we can to avoid him, and hope for the best." "Ay, ay," returned Bob, "`hope for the best and prepare for the worst' is a good maxim for any man. It takes him clear of many a difficulty, and enables him to lay his course on the v'yage of life clean full, and with slack bowlines.
"Aye, 'tis like t' be a dangerous complaint down here on The Labrador, where we folk have poor means for caring for our sick," agreed Skipper Ed, dropping into the dialect of the people, as he often did when conversing with them. "But you have a schooner, and you're not so badly off as we are in our tents." "My eyes!" repeated Captain Higgles. "Measles! 'Tis like t' ruin th' v'yage!"
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