No indeedy! I ain't lonesome and I ain't goin' to be.

You watch!" Captain Obed heartily approved of Imogene.

Of Kenelm Parker as man-of-all-work his approval was much less enthusiastic.

He had been away attending to his fish weirs, when Kenelm was hired, and the bargain was made before he returned.

It was Hannah Parker who had recommended her brother for the position.