"But trust you, Mr.Smith, for sayin' the right thing.

Jus' exackly like birds they are--so shy an' scared-like.
But I'll give you the 'int, gents.

They'll not be far away.

Jus' you show 'em two can play at that game .-- Mr.S., you know the h'arbour!" "Should say I do! Many's the time I've anchored there," cried Purdy with a guffaw.

"Come, Dick!" And crossing to the window he straddled over the frame, and disappeared.
Reluctantly Mahony followed him.
From the verandah they went down into the vegetable-garden, where the drab and tangled growths that had outlived the summer were beaten flat by the recent rains.