Next time that feller
has to be rescued, you let Bet Gallup do it."
She knew Cap'n Amazon well enough now to see that his roughness was
assumed. His eyes were moist as his gaze rested on her face, and he
blew his nose noisily at the end of his speech.
"You take keer o' yourself, Louise," he added huskily. "If anything
should happen to you, what--what would Abe say?"
The depth of his feeling for her--so plainly and so unexpectedly
displayed--halted Louise in her already formed intention. She had
arisen on this morning, determined to "have it out" with Cap'n Amazon
Silt. On several points she wished to be enlightened--felt that she
had a right to demand an explanation.
For she was quite positive that Cap'n Amazon was not at all what he
claimed to be. His actual personality was as yet a mystery to her; but
she was positive on this point: He was _not_ Captain Amazon Silt,
master mariner and rover of the seas. He was an entirely different
person, and Louise desired to know what he meant by this masquerade.
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