It's you we are worrying about. But I am sure you
cannot be seriously injured. Betty will take you directly over to the
Point and the folks there will get a doctor for you. Next time we'll
have a much nicer fishing trip, Mr. Tapp. Good-bye."
He muttered his adieu and watched her get into the skiff after Betty
and the baskets. The "able seaman" rowed quickly to the beach. The
sharp eyes of Mr. Bane noted their arrival, and he strode over to the
spot where the skiff came in, to help Louise out of the boat and bring
the baskets ashore.
"You need a handy man, I see," the actor observed. "What a fine catch
you have had--blackfish, snappers, and fluke, eh? I'll carry the
baskets up to your uncle's store for you. Fine old man, your uncle,
Miss Grayling. And what stories he can tell of his adventures--my
word!"
"Come over to-night and tell me how he is, betty, won't you?" the girl
whispered to the "able seaman" and the latter, nodding her
comprehension, pulled back to the sloop. Neither of them saw that
Lawford was watching the little group on shore and that when Bane and
the girl turned toward the store the young man looked after them with
gloomy visage.
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