You'll hear a lot of things said about me, but if they're very bad I give you my word they ain't true.

And, to be real frank, I'll probably hear some about you, which I'll take for what they're worth and considerin' who said 'em.

That's a good wholesome agreement, I think, for both of us.

What do you think ?" John Ellery said, with emphasis, that he thought well of it.

He began to realize that this woman, with her blunt common sense, was likely to be a pilot worth having in the difficult waters which he must navigate as skipper of the Regular church in Trumet.