See, she makes it as well as if she had Joe Robertson himself on board.

There now, don't she come up the harbor as if this was her home, and she knew just where she was going to cast anchor ?" Remarks like these dropped from the lips of the eager watchers: "I shouldn't wonder if it was our captain coming from foreign parts," said a small member of the Fairport Guard.

"He's took that ship as likely as not, and is coming home in her." "Pshaw, child," burst from several listeners.
"I wish we did know where that boy is," said another speaker.

"He's a credit to this place, that's certain." "He's an honor to America," said Hal Hutchings, who was now allowed to give his views on all occasions.

Hal's face was bent forward, and his eye was fixed on a slender lad who was anxiously looking towards the shore.