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Was he crazy, as some people declared, or merely "kind of simple," which was the opinion of others? Mr. Pulcifer's humorous summing-up was freely quoted. "He may not be foolish now," observed Raish, "but he will be if he lives very long with that bunch down to the lighthouse. Old Cap'n Jeth and Zach and Primmie Cash are enough to start anybody countin' their fingers.
He looked like one hard to drive and equally hard to turn, the sort from which fanatics are made. Primmie scuttled away to the dining room. Galusha rose. "Good-afternoon, Captain Hallett," he said. Jethro regarded him from beneath the heavy brows. "You know Mr. Bangs, Cap'n Jeth," said Martha. "You met this mornin', didn't you?" The light keeper nodded.
Well, Jeth, I won't keep you any longer. Goin' to hang on to YOUR four hundred Development stock, I presume likely?" "Yes. I shall sell that at a profit. Not a big profit, but a profit." "Sho! Is that so? Who told you?" "It was," the gruff voice became solemn, "it was revealed to me." "Revealed to you? Oh, from up yonder, up aloft, eh?"
And the next day, last Thursday, Zacheus said Ras Beebe told him that Ophelia that's his sister, you know told him that Abel Harding told her that his wife said that Marietta Hoag told HER I HOPE I've got all the 'hims' and 'hers' straight that Cap'n Jeth Hallett was going to have another seance down at the light pretty soon.
He glanced at Galusha Bangs, winked the eye which the captain could not see, and sat down next to Primmie. "Now then," said Captain Jeth, who was evidently master of ceremonies, "if you're all ready, Marietta, I cal'late we are. Cast off! Heave ahead!" But Miss Hoag seemed troubled; evidently she was not ready to cast off and heave ahead.
Tell Lulie I got away safe and sound, thanks to Mr. Bangs here. And tell her to 'phone me to-morrow. I'm anxious about Cap'n Jeth. Sometimes I think it might be just as well if I went straight to him and told him " Again Martha interrupted. "My soul, no!" she exclaimed. "Not now, not till he gets that 'small dark man' notion out of his head." "I suppose you're right. And Mr.
What the fools are hangin' on for is more'n I can see. Martha Phipps was down on her knees beggin' me to buy only a little spell ago. Old Jeth, of course, thinks his 'spirits' are backin' HIM up. Crazy old loon! Spirits! In this day and time! God sakes! Humph! I wish to thunder I could deal with the spirits direct; might be able to do business with THEM. Perfessor, now come, think it over.
The reader, whose back was toward the new-comer, did not see him. He was the only one left awake, and Bobby looked to see him drop over at any moment. But the little fat man read right along in a drawling, sleepy mumble, something about the Athenians until Bob cried out: "Hello, Ole Puddin'-bag, everybody'th gone to thleep; you'd jeth as well hole up yer readin' a while."
"Why why, Cap'n Jeth," she faltered, "I CAN'T. Don't you KNOW I can't? Everybody's got to take hands and the lights must be turned way down and and we've GOT to have some music." The captain pulled his beard. "Humph!" he grunted. "That's so, I forgot.
I did say she acted worried to me and I was afraid it might be account of some money business. She was over to the light just now askin' for Cap'n Jeth, and he's the one her dad, Cap'n Jim Phipps, used to talk such things with. They went into a good many trades together, them too.... But there, 'tain't any of your affairs, is it, Mr.
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