It was the
thought that one of his boys had taken it."
"What was the little sister's name?" asked Jimmy.
"Well, let me see," said Skipper Ed. "We'll call her Mary."
"Did Bill ever go back?"
"No, he never went back."
"Where did he go?"
"Why, he went to a seaport town and shipped as a sailor, and after
knocking about the seas for a time he settled in a country much like
this where we live. He liked the wild country, where he could hunt and
fish, and where the people he met were true and honest, and helped each
other, instead of always trying to take advantage of one another."
"I'm glad he did that," declared Jimmy. "I wish he lived near us. I
don't think I'd like to live in a place like he came from, and I'm glad
Bobby came away from it."
"And the fishing and hunting are better here than where he came from,
too, Partner."
"I don't want to live where the fishin' and huntin' isn't fine, and it's
fine here."
"Aye, 'tis fine here, and many things are fine here. Destiny is the
Lord's will, and our destiny, Partner, is to live here and be as happy
as we can; and now Bobby has come, it seems to be his destiny too."
And so Jimmy had his story, and bedtime had arrived, and the two
partners went to bed to be lulled to sleep by the storm raging about
their cabin.
CHAPTER IV
OVER A CLIFF
The storm that lulled Skipper Ed and his little partner to sleep also
lulled Abel Zachariah and Mrs. Abel and Bobby to sleep.
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