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Updated: June 6, 2025
I only wanted to warn ye, that's all." "Did you hear anything about me while ashore?" the girl asked. "Has anyone any suspicion that I am here?" "It seems that way." "Oh!" "Yes," the captain continued, "I was talkin' to a young feller on shore, an' he sent ye his kind regards." "Not Mr. Donaster! Oh, say it wasn't that man." "No, it wasn't that critter, but another, an' a fine chap, too.
"'One week after the date of my marriage with Miss Randall I promise to pay Gabriel Grimsby the sum of one thousand dollars for services rendered." "There, how will that suit you?" he asked, "You'll sign that, of course. It's just a little inducement to urge me to greater efforts." Donaster sat for some time in silence. He seemed to be in deep thought, and his brows knitted with perplexity.
You came down river on the 'Eb and Flo, didn't you?" "How did you hear about that?" Donaster quickly queried. "H'm, don't ask me how I find out about things. I generally know what's taking place. Eben Tobin's quite a lad, eh?" "He certainly is. You know him, then?" "Should say so; ever since he was a baby. Guess he has a pretty good idea where that girl is." "He told me he didn't."
"I am glad after all that I came home." "Why didn't Mr. Donaster come in, Jess? I have not seen him for some time." "Neither have I, mother." The girl's face flushed, and there was a challenge in her voice. "You haven't! Why, I thought you were with him to-night." "Indeed I was not. You know as well as I do that I wish to have nothing to do with that man. I have told you so over and over again."
He had brought the boat in safety this far, and in another hour he hoped to have her tied up at one of the wharves, ready to slip through the falls when the tide served. Just before entering the Narrows, Eben called Donaster up from the cabin. He had to shout several times before he received any response, for the man had fallen asleep in his chair. He stumbled sleepily on deck and looked around.
Then, when you get the girl and the money you can give me some more." Grimsby's eyes twinkled as he made this suggestion, and he watched to see the effect upon Donaster. "And you promise that you'll not squeal on me if I do this?" "Sure. I'll do almost anything for money like yourself, eh?" "Do you think you can find the girl?" "Leave that to me, sir.
"Ah, now you are coming to the point. That's why I'm here. Yes, I will keep silent, but what will you pay for my silence. Let's get down to business at once." "So you want money, eh? How much?" "That all depends, sir, upon how much you are able to pay." Donaster looked at Grimsby for a minute without replying. He was angry, and he longed to kick this fellow out of the room.
He could phone for Donaster in the morning, and he knew that the fellow would come at once. This was what Grimsby told Eben, and he smiled to himself as he glanced at the unsuspecting lad at the wheel. He was playing into his hands, and he felt perfectly sure of him now. His next move was with Miss Randall and John Hampton. He was silent a long time as the boat glided on her way.
This sudden outburst aroused the woman from her crouching position. She sat upright, and the expression in her eyes told how deeply she was offended. "Now, look here, Jess," she began, "I want no more of this nonsense. I have made up my mind that you are to marry Mr. Donaster, and marry him you shall." "Would you force me to marry such a man as that?" the girl asked. "And why not?"
"What in h are you driving at?" Donaster roared. "What has 'mission' and 'patience' to do with your visit here? If you don't explain at once I'll kick you out of the room or have you arrested." "Go slow, young man, go slow." The smile passed suddenly from Grimsby's face, and his eyes contracted. "I am here on business, special business, and it concerns you.
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