Anyway, he acted as if he was scared, that was one sure thing.
"We should worry about him, anyway," I said; and Mr.Donnelle said he was gone and that was the end of him.
But, believe me, that wasn't the end of him.

That was only the beginning of him.

I didn't say anything more about him before, because I didn't know, but believe me, that fellow was--what do you call it-- you know--_destined_--to cause a lot of trouble in our young lives.
That sounds like a regular author, hey?
_Destined_.
When we began fixing the boat up, we found that one of the lockers was locked with a padlock and as long as the boat didn't belong to us, we didn't break it open, especially because there were plenty of lockers besides that one.

I bet you'd like to know what was in that locker.

But you're not going to find that out yet, so there's no use asking.