'Yes, that is the name.
Has he had a sound scientific trainin' ?' "'Scientific trainin'!' says Nate.

'Scientific trainin'?
Why, you bet he's had it! That's the only kind of trainin' he HAS had.

He'll be just the feller for you, Mr.Dixland.' "So that was settled, all but notifyin' Augustus.

But Scudder sighted another speculation in the offin', and hove alongside of it.
"'Mr.Harmon, when he was here,' says he, 'he mentioned you needin' a nice, dependable man to live on the island and be sort of general roustabout.

My wife bein' away just now, and all, it struck me that I might as well be that man.