And the more I stayed out, the more Bennie D.laughed and sneered and hinted.

And then come that ridic'lous business about Sarah Ann Christy.

That ended it for good and all." Seth paused in his long story and looked out across the starlit sea.
"Who was Sarah Ann ?" asked Brown.

The lightkeeper seemed much embarrassed.
"She was a born fool," he declared, with emphasis; "born that way and been developin' extry foolishness ever since.

She was a widow, too; been good lookin' once and couldn't forget it, and she lived down nigh the store.