And he told me he owned shares in
several vessels and other property."
"That's true," Cap'n Amazon agreed promptly. "And a tidy sum in the
Paulmouth National Bank. I got a letter to the bank folks he left to
introduce me, if I needed cash. Yes, Abe's done well enough that way.
But he's the first Silt, I swanny! that ever stayed ashore."
"And now you are going to remain ashore yourself," she said, laughing.
"I'm going to try it, Louise. I've done my sheer of roaming about.
Mebbe I'll settle down here for good."
"With Cap'n Abe? Won't that be fine?"
"Yep. With Abe," he muttered and remained silent for the rest of the
meal.
On Saturday the store trade was expected to be larger than usual.
Louise told Cap'n Amazon she would gladly help wait on the customers;
but he would not listen to that for a moment.
"I'm not goin' to have you out there in that store for these folks to
look over and pick to pieces, my girl," he said decidedly. "You stay
aft and I'll 'tend to things for'ard and handle this crew.
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