There ain't but one Myrick in town." "Hum!" murmured the captain and was silent for some minutes.
The school committee met on the following Wednesday evening.

On Thursday morning a startling rumor spread throughout Bayport.

Phoebe Dawes had been called, by a vote of two to one, to teach the downstairs school.
Asaph, aghast, rushed out of Simmons's store and up to the hill to the Cy Whittaker place.

He found Captain Cy in the front yard.

Mr.Myrick, school committeeman and house painter, was with him.
"Hello, Ase!" hailed the captain.