That suspicion was rife in the community, and that the story of the
strange contents of Cap'n Abe's chest had spread like a prairie fire,
Louise was sure. Yet at supper time Cap'n Amazon was as calm and
cheerful as usual and completely ignored the accident of the afternoon.
"Hi-mighty likely mess of tautog you caught, Louise," he said, ladling
the thick white gravy dotted with crumbly yellow egg yolk upon her
plate with lavish hand. "That Lawford Tapp knows where the critters
school, if he doesn't know much else."
"Oh, Uncle Amazon! I think he is a very intelligent young man. Only
he wastes his time so!"
"He knows enough book l'arnin', I do allow," agreed Cap'n Amazon. "But
fritters away his time as you say. They all do that over to Tapp
P'int, I cal'late."
"I wonder how it came to be called Tapp Point?" Louise asked, with a
suddenly sharpened curiosity.
"'Cause it's belonged to the Tapps since away back,--or, so Cap'n Joab
says. That sand heap never was wuth a punched nickel a ton till these
city folks began to build along The Beaches.
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