She crept away to her own room, lit her lamp, and did not
even see Cap'n Amazon Silt again that night.
CHAPTER XXII
SHOCKING NEWS
"Ford Tapp was here last night," Cap'n Amazon told Louise at the
breakfast table. "I cal'late he was lookin' for you, though he didn't
just up an' say so. Seemed worried like for fear't you wouldn't have a
good opinion of him."
"Mercy! what has he done?" cried the girl laughing, for even the sound
of Lawford's name made her glad.
"Seems it's what he ain't done. What's all this 'bout your jumpin'
overboard t'other day and savin' him from drownin'?" and the mariner
fairly beamed upon her.
"Oh, uncle, you mustn't believe everything you hear!"
"No? But Bet Gallup says 'tis so. You air a hi-mighty plucky girl, I
guess. I allus have thought so--and so did Abe. But I kind of feel as
though I'm sort o' responsible for your safety an' well-bein' while you
air here, and I can't countenance no such actions."
"Now, uncle!"
"Fellers like Ford Tapp air as plenty as horse-briers in a sand lot;
but girls like you ain't made often, I cal'late.
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