Silt and taken over his
property?"
"It 'ud be jest like the old pirate!" croaked a harsh voice from the
kitchen doorway, and Betty Gallup appeared, apparently ready to back up
Mrs. Conroth physically, as well as otherwise.
CHAPTER XXVI
AT LAST
That hour in the old-fashioned living-room behind Cap'n Abe's store was
destined to be marked indelibly upon Louise Grayling's memory. Aunt
Euphemia and Betty Gallup had both come armed for the fray. They
literally swept Louise off her feet by their vehemence.
The effect of the challenge on Cap'n Amazon was most puzzling. As Mrs.
Conroth refused to sit down--she could talk better standing, becoming
quite oracular, in fact--the captain could not, in politeness, take his
customary chair. And he had discarded his pipe upon going to the door
to let the visitor in.
Therefore, it seemed to Louise, the doughty captain seemed rather lost.
It was not that he displayed either surprise or fear because of Aunt
Euphemia's accusation. Merely he did not know what to do with himself
during her exhortation.
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