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For once in his busy life it was, figuratively speaking, raining duck soup, and poor Cappy was there with a fork! When he had recovered his composure he sent for Matt Peasley. "Matt, my dear boy," he confessed miserably, "this is certainly one occasion upon which father appears to have overlooked his hand. However, none of us is perfect; and if we're caught out without an umbrella, so to speak "
Skinner was high and low justice, and he was not long keeping Matt Peasley in ignorance of the fact that it was one thing to skipper a Blue Star ship for Cappy Ricks and quite another thing to skipper the same ship for the Blue Star manager. For Mr.
Skinner a piece of disquieting information to wit, that Captain Matt Peasley was without and desired to hold speech with Mr. Ricks. "Tell him Mr. Ricks is too busy to see him," Skinner ordered. Not having heard anything of Matt for six months he concluded that the latter's affair with the boss' daughter had languished and died a natural death; hence he felt that he could defy Matt with impunity.
Redell warned the president emeritus. Cappy Ricks, dodging round the flank of the crowd, fled through the side entrance of the Merchants' Exchange; and he was tranquilly smoking a cigar in his private office when Matt Peasley dropped in on him an hour later. Cappy eyed him coldly. "Is Skinner back from luncheon?" he demanded. Matt nodded. "Tell him to come in here.
"I get seventy-five cents an hour for my overtime, and I'm big enough to stand a lot of that. But, believe me, I'll jump lively. The old man's out of sorts on account of the delay due to that head wind." At three o'clock the captain walked aft, where Matt Peasley was superintending the stowing in the after hold.
Bernard pup, but I notice he's losing a lot of that fresh, puppy-dog way he used to have. And then he's a Down-East boy. His Uncle Ethan Peasley and I were pals together fifty years ago, and for Ethan's sake I feel that I ought to show the boy some consideration. He's learning to hold himself together pretty well, and if I should run into him to-morrow I'll ask him out."
A youth thrust a wary nose into Cappy Ricks' private office and announced Captain Matt Peasley was desirous of admittance. "Show him in," Cappy ordered, and Matt entered. "Well, young man," said Cappy briskly, "sit down and tell me of your adventures during your first week as a business man.
Freights were soaring by this time, due to the scarcity of the foreign bottoms which formerly had carried Uncle Sam's goods to market, and Cappy Ricks and Matt Peasley knew the rates would increase from day to day, and that in consequence their New York agents would experience not the slightest difficulty in placing her hence they delayed as long as they could placing her on the market.
Peasley his master's license if they found him at all competent this in order that the said Peasley might take command of his barkentine, the Retriever, forthwith the inspectors concluded to override the rules of the Department of Commerce, and gave Matt Peasley his master's license.
"Captain Peasley," young Matt corrected him. "Since the death of Captain Kendall I have been in charge of the vessel; hence, for the present, I am known as Captain Peasley. What can I do for you, gentlemen?" All Hands And Feet glanced appraisingly at Matt Peasley and did him the honor to remove his coat and vest.
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