"Then I could tell that Jimmie Bacheldor I had one relation, anyhow.

And shall I call Cap'n Gould 'Uncle Shadrach' ?" Zoeth turned to his companion.

"Shall she, Shadrach ?" he asked, with a mischievous smile.
If it had not been for that smile the Captain's reply might have been different.

But the smile irritated him.

He strode to the door.
"Zoeth Hamilton," he snapped, "how long are you goin' to set here?
If you ain't got anything else to attend to, I have.