Then, _where had he gone_?
Cap'n Joab's query was the one uppermost in Louise Grayling's thought.
All these incomprehensible things seemed to lead to that most important
question. Had Cap'n Abe gone to sea, or had he not? If not, what had
become of him?
And how much more regarding his brother's disappearance did Cap'n
Amazon know than the neighbors or herself? In her room Louise sat and
faced the problem. She deliberated upon each incident connected with
Cap'n Abe's departure as she knew them.
From almost the first moment of her arrival at the store on the Shell
Road, the storekeeper had announced the expected arrival of Cap'n
Amazon and his own departure for a sea voyage if his brother would
undertake the conduct of the store.
The incidents of the night of Cap'n Amazon's coming and of Cap'n Abe's
departure seemed reasonable enough. Here had arisen the opportunity
long desired by the Shell Road storekeeper. His brother would remain
to look out for his business while he could go seafaring. Cap'n Amazon
knew just the craft for the storekeeper to sail in, clearing from the
port of Boston within a few hours.
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