An' him keepin' a shop!" and he
sniffed scornfully.
Before Louise could make rejoinder, or bolster up the reputation of the
absent Cap'n Abe in any way, the noise of an automobile stopping before
the store was audible,
"Now, if that's one o' them summer fellers, for gas I shall raise the
price of it--I vow!" ejaculated Cap'n Amazon, but getting up briskly
and laying aside his pipe and knitting.
The summons did not come on the store door. Somebody opened the gate,
came to the side door and rapped. Cap'n Amazon shuffled into the hall
and held parley with the caller.
"Why, come right in! Sure she's here--an' we're both sittin' up for
comp'ny," Louise heard the captain say heartily.
He ushered in Lawford Tapp. Not the usual Lawford, in rough
fisherman's clothing or boating flannels--or even in the chauffeur's
uniform Louise supposed he sometimes wore. But in the neat,
well-fitting clothing of what the habit-advertising pages of the
magazines term the "up to date young man." His sartorial appearance
outclassed that of any longshoreman she had ever imagined.
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