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"Haven't ye seen him?" gasped Betty in astonishment.
"Not yet."
"Ye didn't see him when he came last night?"
"I was in bed."
"Then how--how d'ye know Cap'n Abe's gone? Or that this man is Am'zon
Silt? Nobody ever seen this critter 'round Cardhaven before," Betty
Gallup declared with strong conviction.
"Oh, no; Uncle Amazon has never been here to visit Cap'n Abe before.
Cap'n Abe told me all about it," the girl explained, fearing that
scandal was to take root here and now if she did not discourage it.
"Of course Uncle Abe went away. He came to my door and bade me
good-bye."
Louise was puzzled. She saw an expression in Betty Gallup's face that
she could not interpret.
"Ye heard Cap'n Abe _say_ he was goin'," muttered Betty. "_His_ voice
sounds mighty like Cap'n Abe's. But mebbe Abe Silt didn't go after
all--not rightly."
"What _do_ you mean, Mrs. Gallup?" demanded Louise in bewilderment.
"Well, if you ask me, I should say we'd been boarded by pirates. Go
take a look at that Uncle Am'zon of yourn.


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