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Donald realized that Captain Shivernock had thrown away about seven hundred dollars that morning, and, as he thought of it, he was amazed at his conduct; but the captain did not mind paying a thousand dollars any time to gratify the merest whim.
Hasbrook couldn't make him out; but likely it's some one the rogue has cheated." "Hasbrook must have seen him," suggested Donald. "The ruffian was disguised with his head in a bit of a bag, or something of that sort, and he never spoke a word from first to last," added Kennedy, looking over the article in the paper. Donald wondered if Captain Shivernock had any dealings with Hasbrook.
I claim to be a gentleman." "O, you do!" Captain Shivernock laughed heartily. "I do, sir. I am not capable of anything derogatory to the character of a gentleman." "Bugs and brickbats!" roared the strange man, with another outburst of laughter. "You are a gentleman! That's good! And you won't do anything derogatory to the character of a gentleman. That's good, too!"
Don John, you've got a tongue in your head!" said Captain Shivernock, pointing his finger at the skipper, and glowering upon him as though he was charging him with some heinous crime. "I am aware of it, sir," replied Donald. "Do you know what a tongue is for?" demanded the captain. "It is of great assistance to one in talking." "Don't equivocate, you sick monkey. Do you know what a tongue is for?"
"I will, if everything is as it should be." "Well, Captain Shivernock gave it to me," said Laud, in confidential tones, and after looking about to satisfy himself that no third person was within hearing. "Captain Shivernock!" exclaimed Donald. "Just so." "What for?" "I can't tell you any more. The captain would kill me if he found out that I had told you so much," answered Laud.
Donald considered himself shrewd, sharp, and smart, because he had induced Laud virtually to own that Captain Shivernock had given him the money to purchase his silence, but Donald was not half so shrewd, sharp, and smart as he thought he was. "Mr.
This was the place towards which Captain Shivernock had gone in the sail-boat, and where Laud had probably seen him, when he gave him the money paid for the Juno. Laud did not say that this was the time and place he had met the captain, but Donald was entirely satisfied on this point. "From Saturday Cove I ran on the other tack over to Gilky's Harbor," added Laud.
He wished he had not consented to keep the secret of either Captain Shivernock or Laud Cavendish, and was afraid he had compromised himself by his silence.
"Well, lad, you are clever enough to do it; and if you are like your father, I shall be glad to work for you." The wages were agreed upon, and Kennedy promised to be at the shop on Monday morning, to assist the young boat-builder in selecting the stock for the Maud. Donald walked to the house of Captain Shivernock.
"But where in the world did Captain Shivernock get these old duds?" mused the sheriff. "Of course he procured them to do this job with," replied Hasbrook. "That's clear enough; but where did they come from? He has covered his tracks so well, that he wouldn't pick these things up near home." "There comes a boat," said the victim of the outrage, as a sail rounded the point.
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