"An' quick! My soul! Ye'd ought to seen
her kick off her skirt an' shoes an' dive after ye! I swanny, she was
a sight!"
"I should think she would have been!" gasped Miss Louder with some
scorn. "Goodness me, she must be a regular stunt actress!" and she
laughed shrilly.
But Lawford gave her small attention. "Jonas, do you mean that?" he
asked. "I thought it was Betty who saved me. Why, dad said this
morning he was going to send the old woman a check. He doesn't much
approve of me," and the heir of the Taffy King smiled rather grimly,
"but as I'm the last Tapp----"
"He's glad ye didn't git done for _com_-pletely, heh?" suggested Jonas,
and giggled. "I wouldn't for a minute stand in the way of Bet Gallup's
gittin' what's due her. She did pick ye both up, Lawford. But, land
sakes! ye'd been six fathoms down, all right, if it hadn't been for
that gal at Cap'n Abe's."
"I--I had no idea of it. I never even thanked her," muttered Lawford.
"What can she think of me?"
But not even Miss Louder heard this.
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