It was the thought that one of his boys had taken it." "What was the little sister's name ?" asked Jimmy.
"Well, let me see," said Skipper Ed.

"We'll call her Mary." "Did Bill ever go back ?" "No, he never went back." "Where did he go ?" "Why, he went to a seaport town and shipped as a sailor, and after knocking about the seas for a time he settled in a country much like this where we live.

He liked the wild country, where he could hunt and fish, and where the people he met were true and honest, and helped each other, instead of always trying to take advantage of one another." "I'm glad he did that," declared Jimmy.

"I wish he lived near us.

I don't think I'd like to live in a place like he came from, and I'm glad Bobby came away from it." "And the fishing and hunting are better here than where he came from, too, Partner." "I don't want to live where the fishin' and huntin' isn't fine, and it's fine here." "Aye, 'tis fine here, and many things are fine here.