Ain't that so, Gabe ?" Mr.Lumley, who had stopped in for a half pound of tea, grinned feebly, but said nothing.

If he noticed the clerk's mistake in weights he didn't mention it, but took his package and hurried out.

After his departure Mr.Smalley himself discovered the error and charged the Lumley account with "1 1/4 lbs.

Mixed Green and Black." Meanwhile the assemblage about the stove had put Captain Cy on the anvil and was hammering him vigorously.
Bayport was boiling over with rumor and surmise.

Heman had appealed to the courts asking that Captain Cy's appointment as Bos'n's guardian be rescinded.