[The Adventure Club Afloat by Ralph Henry Barbour]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventure Club Afloat CHAPTER XXIII 7/37
We'd better know what we've got, eh? All right, gentlemen.
You leave it to me.
Where are you stopping ?" "We're staying aboard our boats, sir, the _Adventurer_ and the _Follow Me_." "I want to know! Regular mariners, ain't ye? Well! Well! Guess you're having a fine time, too, eh ?" "Yes, sir, we've had a pretty good time.
About--about how much do you think we ought to get for the boat, Mr.Hyatt ?" "Including cargo? Well, now, I don't know, Mister--What did you say your name is ?" "Stephen Chapman." "Mr.Stephen Chapman, eh ?" The lawyer wrote it on a scrap of paper and thrust it carelessly into a pigeon-hole of the old walnut desk.
"Well, there ought to be a tidy sum coming to you, sir; yes, sir, a tidy sum. Lumber is fetching money just now, and you tell me the _Catspaw_ is loaded high." "Yes, sir, she's loaded up to her rails.
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