Such a gun, Abel declared, had never before been seen on the coast, and was in itself a fortune.

And Skipper Ed examined it critically, and agreed with Abel that it was a gun of marvelous workmanship, and had cost much money.
"None but God could have fashioned it," said Abel, reverently.

"It is His gift to the boy, and it will always be the boy's.

He sent it with the boy from the Great Beyond, from the place where mists and storms are born.

Do you think He would mind if I used it sometimes ?" "No," answered Skipper Ed, "I think He meant you to use it to hunt food for the boy, so that the boy should never be in want.