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Another moment, and a goodly cod of about ten pounds weight was wriggling on the iron hook which Ruby handed up to Dumsby, who mounted with his prize in triumph to the kitchen. From that moment the fish began to "take". While the men were thus busily engaged, a boat was rowing about in the fog, vainly endeavouring to find the rock. It was the boat of two fast friends, Jock Swankie and Davy Spink.
"No, I am sure there is no artist of that name in my company." "I'll find him," said Mrs. Spink, decisively, firing up, and making dangerous gestures with her umbrella. "Mark me, I'll find him, and when I do " The sweep of her bulky gamp nearly knocked Bonypart off his platform. "Carefully, ma'am, carefully," said the Professor, "you came near breaking a valuable exhibit then.
I want it for your sake, Mart, and mine, but specially for our boys and girls." So the consent was given and the matter settled. Susanna Spink, the oldest child, sat opposite Viola LeMonde during the conversation. She was fourteen years old, and was of such striking beauty that both the visitors were impressed by it. Her chief attraction was her eyes. Once seen they could never be forgotten.
"Ye better put them behind the rock, far in," suggested Spink. The other seemed to entertain this idea for a moment, for he raised the torch above his head, and, advancing into the cave, carefully examined the rocks at the inner end.
"See there, Janet," said Spink, pointing to Maggie, and looking earnestly at his wife. "Weel-a-weel," replied Janet, somewhat softened, yet with much firmness, "I'll no deny that the man was fond o' the bairn, and it liked him weel enough; but, my certes! he wad hae made a bad man o' you if he could.
"It looks like the boat of our friends the fishermen, Big Swankie and Davy Spink," said Ruby, shading his eyes with his hand, and gazing earnestly at the boat as it advanced towards them. "Friends!" repeated the smith, "rascally smugglers, both of them; they're no friends of mine."
"Ha!" exclaimed the latter with a grin; "you seem to know these things; old acquaintances, eh!" "It wasna' me that stole them," said Spink hastily. "I did not say that anyone stole them." "Weel, I mean that that " He stopped abruptly, for he felt that in whatever way he might attempt to clear himself, he would unavoidably criminate, by implication, his absent mate.
In order to get over the difficulty, Swankie had arranged to suggest to him the robbery of a store containing gin, which belonged to a smuggler, and, if he agreed to that, to proceed further and suggest the more important matter in hand. But he found Spink proof against the first attack. "I tell 'ee, I'll hae naething to do wi't," said he, when the proposal was made.
"I haven't seen any sign," said Shep "Because you didn't want to see it, young man!" "We have only been down to the cove swimming," put in Giant. "This land is mine now, and I want you boys to keep off of it," exclaimed Mr. Spink, hotly. "If I catch you on it again I'll have you arrested." "We'll get off as soon as we can," answered Snap. And then he added suddenly: "Is Ham home?"
He usually dresses in a pe-jacket, cut after a particular fashion, and wears a large, flat, blue bonnet. A striking likeness of Spink in his pilot-dress, with the badge or insignia on his left arm which is characteristic of the boatmen in the service of the Northern Lights, has been taken by Howe, and is in the writer's possession.
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