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"All right," replied the ticket-inspector. The bell rang, the guard whistled, so did the engine; it puffed too, and the train began to move. "Look sharp now," cried the station-master eagerly to some one outside the office. "Athenbury? Here you are four shillings; run!"
The only thing I an't sure of is whether the repairs is to be done here or in Athenbury." "The letter from Mr Stuart may bear on that point," suggested Gildart. "True," replied the skipper, opening the letter. "Ha! sure enough the repairs is to be done there, so I'll have to cut my visit to Cove short by four days."
It occurred to him that even although he should succeed in escaping, there was no chance of his being able to get away by the train from Athenbury, for the burglars and police would certainly be at the station on the look-out for him. He remembered suddenly that there was a station twenty miles from Athenbury at which the ten o'clock train usually stopped.
"Ah, yes, to be sure, I forgot that; well, it is two hours by train to Athenbury, which is a dirty place, as all seaports are full of fishy and sailory smells, though I've never heard that such smells are bad for the health; at least the Sanitary Commissioners say that if all the filth were cleaned away the effluvia would be less offensive, and and . But, as I was saying, for those reasons I mean to pay my brother-in-law a short visit."
Good-night, old boy." One day, not long after his arrival at Athenbury, Kenneth Stuart was seated in Colonel Crusty's drawing-room, awaiting the summons to dinner. Pretty Bella sat beside him, endeavouring to get up a flirtation for Bella was an inveterate flirt.
Mrs Gaff became suddenly comforted, and said, with a bland smile, that, having heard only that morning of her intention to visit the town of Athenbury, she had called to ask her to do her a great favour. "With the greatest pleasure; what can I do for you?" said Miss Peppy, who was the essence of good-nature.
Meanwhile the gentlemanly house-breaker, returning to Athenbury, rejoined his rude colleagues, and these three choice spirits, after partaking of some refreshment, and treating the policeman who first came to their aid to a glass of gin, betook themselves to the railway station.
"Ah! to be sure; well then . But you must never mention it, Niven." Miss Peppy said this with much solemnity, as if she were administering an oath. "On my honour, ma'am; trust me. I never mentions hanythink." "Well then, you must know," resumed Miss Peppy, with a cautious glance round the room, "my brother-in-law, Colonel Crusty, who lives in the town of Athenbury, is a military man "
"You're quite mistaken," said Gildart, who went on to speak so highly of the groom, that Haco, if not made to change his opinion, was so much impressed as to agree at least to take the whole subject once again into consideration. "Another thing I wish you to do, skipper, which is to give me a passage in your sloop to Athenbury.
He looked more like a respectable skipper or first-mate than a country gentleman. Passing rapidly through the streets of Athenbury, he soon reached the docks, where he made inquiry for the Sailors' Home. He found it in a retired street, near the principal wharf. A group of seamen were collected round the door, smoking their pipes and spinning yarns.
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