hearing from the captain, whose body must have been

nterest in the scene around him, and particularly in connection wi

ducation; he did not awaken the same feelings in the boy as Abner Peake, but

as he sat mending a net with which the crew of the statio

want to talk with

ed on a blo

e coast, and his determination to follow their arduous calling when

tain time. You notice that all the others have gone, save the poor chaps lying under those mounds yonder. Being a

he knew about himself up to the very moment

r seemed

friend in the world. My hands are tied in the matter, so I can do nothing; bu

o say he once had a

hap, but it was about a

hat this was about the way most persons

hey found the boat on the beach, three miles above here, but never little Joe. Abner has never gotten over it. To this day he sits an

stay with him?" cont

wo little girls live, while he is over here at the station. Often we want

ew a lon

red along the coast for ten miles. I think that if Mr. Peake really wants me to stay with him

a temper all right, but if you don't rub it the wrong way she can be got on with, I reckon. Anyhow,

ts, thinking I'm choking with the salt water, and trying to catch my breat

r smiled

the eyes of even a boy, and, being human,

k our lives often, it is to try and save others. There's some satisfaction in that. But there sits

oked up, and the solemn expression on

elin' all right agin after

that will pass away soon. Mr. Frazer

been away from this here coast, but I feels for boys what's out in the wide world. Still, there's

s known to him; and the old surfman listened with a tear in his eye, as he told of

and Abner Peake laid a

until yuh kin make your mind up. My Joe used tuh make a tidy lot of money trappin' animals in the swamp for ther skins, huntin' turkles like them terrapin they pay sech a big price fur, an' actin' as guide fur the shooters as come down along the coast after duck

im, your only boy," sa

efully, and bent a wistful

e harbor long afore now. What say, lad, be yuh o

nly hope I may be able to please your wife. I'll do everything I can to take the plac

o me from somewhere. I'm goin' crost the bay to-night, lad. It's my turn for a day off,

was se

than he had been ever since finding himself ad

e to him, for he had no memories to h

stomed to making odd bits of money appealed to him, for he believed he had something of a love for outdoor sports in his nature, since he had never ne

unity to visit the station on the outer beach, where those hardy men patrolled

ner to the little landing wher

to the secret amusement and satisfaction of the life saver, who was

er they had been upon the bay for some time, Darry taking hi

nsciously, his voice quavered as he spoke, for he

. Joe, he was a reg'lar water duck-but he was too darin' and he tried the game onct too often. Beware o' that inlet, lad. The tide sweeps outen it like a mill race sometimes, an' the best man couldn't hold

nd Darry discovered quite a collection of houses, for the most part cabins suc

and as he knew just where it was most des

cene unfold as they approached the mainland

e, awoke in his breast new emotions such as he had never experienced before; for he was abo

up against a landing,

home these two weeks, yuh see. This way, Darry, lad. My cabin ain't jest in the village; but when I come home I ginerally stop in at the butcher's an' take s

alf-grown boy, slouching around a corner as thoug

ed me onct and I had to kick him over a fence to save my shins from his teeth.

im, and then lo

lin' 'long with yer, Peake? Say, be he the critter as kim ashore? Sooner he skips o

can look out for hisself. He's goin' to live with me. Come on, Darry, don't notice the loafer," concluded the life save