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Cleggett, like the true-hearted gentleman and born romanticist that he was, resolved to serve her without question until such time as she chose to make known to him her motives for her actions.
And now that I have cleared up for you the mystery of Logan Black, the mystery of the box of Reginald Maltravers, and the mystery of the box of plum preserves, there only remains the capture of Logan Black to hold me in this part of the country and to keep you from your voyage to the China Seas." "We must get together," said Cleggett, "on a plan of campaign.
Sometimes as many as three of the crew of the Jasper B. would be knocked to the deck or into the water by a boom at the same time. But Cleggett noted with satisfaction that they were plucky; they stuck valiantly to the job. A doubt assailed Cleggett as to the competence of Cap'n Abernethy, but he was loyal and fought it down. Finally Cap'n Abernethy hit upon a novel and ingenious idea.
After the general bath and a substantial lunch, Cleggett called all hands aft and addressed them. "Ladies and loyal followers and co-workers," he said. "We have passed some nights and days of peril. And there are, I doubt not, still parlous times ahead of the Jasper B. before our ship sets sail for the China Seas. But what is sweeter than pleasure snatched from the very presence of danger?
If Lady Agatha had been just an inch taller or just a few pounds heavier the playful mood itself would have jarred upon the fastidious Cleggett; indeed, as she was, if she had been just a thought more playful, it would have jarred. But Lady Agatha, it has been remarked before, never went too far in any direction.
The diminutive, on Elmer's lips, was intended as a compliment; Lady Agatha was not a small woman. "Elmer," said Lady Agatha, "tell Mr. Cleggett how the mistake occurred." Oratory was evidently not Elmer's strongest point.
By Saturday of the same week Cleggett had bought the vessel on Wednesday he was able to take up his abode in the cabin with his books and arms about him. To his library he had added a treatise on navigation.
But such was the fury of the tempest that even with the big kites gone the Jasper B. continued to shake and quiver where she lay. Speech was almost impossible on deck, but Cap'n Abernethy signed to Cleggett that he had something important to say to him.
There had been two men in the hold of the Jasper B. They had entered as mysteriously and silently as disembodied spirits might have done. One of them, wounded, had made his exit in the same baffling way. Where? How? Cleggett broke the silence. "Let us go to the forecastle and have a look at that fellow," he said, and led the way. No one lagged as they left the hold.
"It was old man Abernethy; he's harmless," said the tall fellow. "He's the only person that's been aboard her in years." "There was someone else," persisted Heinrich. "Someone who was talking to Abernethy." The tall man mumbled something about having been a fool not to buy her before this; Cleggett did not catch all of the remark.
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