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"As that boat of blissfulness sped across the bay, speeding along under a strong breeze from the west, under a sky full of orange-colored clouds, Sam Twitty's strong hand grasped the tiller with an energy which would have been sufficient for the guidance of a ship of the line.
"In about ten minutes Sam Twitty's port eye told him that Captain Abner and the toll-gate woman were approaching, but in Abner there were signs of a disposition to fall back. In an instant he had bounded between them and was showing shells to the widow. Then, letting her go on by herself, he turned sharply upon Abner. "'Well, said he, their heads close together, 'what did she say?
"'No, you don't, Sam Twitty, remarked his consort; 'that young woman pays her own toll, every time. While I'm here I don't want no changes in the customs of this toll-gate. "It was about a fortnight after Sam Twitty's wedding that that well-satisfied individual, being called to the gate by the sound of wheels, beheld a buggy, and Miss Denby sitting therein.
There's lots of people of all sorts in Thompsontown, and I don't see why she shouldn't be one of them. "'No more do I, said Sam Twitty. 'I think it's more'n likely she'll be one of them. "Very early the next morning, almost before the first streaks of dawn, Captain Abner was awakened by a voice under his window. "'Shipmate ahoy! said the voice, which was Sam Twitty's.
"An idea came suddenly into Sam Twitty's head: this was a very bright girl, a very attractive girl, who was visiting in the neighborhood, and he determined to keep her at the toll-gate a few minutes if he could. "'I don't want to make any mistake, he said quickly. 'I'll jes pop into the house and see what the toll really'll be for you. "'Oh, you needn't do that, said the young woman.
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