7/17 Wegg were a sea-cap'n, ye see, an' when he retired he Wanted to git as far from the sea's he could." "That was strange. A sailor usually loves to be near salt water all his days," observed Uncle John. He come here when I were a boy, bringin' a sad-faced young woman an' Ol' Hucks an' Nora. I s'pose Hucks were a sailor, too, though he never says nuthin' 'bout that. The Cap'n bought this no'count farm an' had this house built on it--a proceedin' that, ef I do say it, struck ev'rybody as cur'ous." "It _was_ curious," agreed Mr.Merrick. |