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"Wal, cookee an' the boy--they was the only ones aboard--tell it

this way: Arry he struck a heavy school fust time he lets his

dory rodin' go, an' most of his fish topped forty pound. In an

hour his dory was full, and it was a three-mile pull back.

"When he got in he argued them others into givin' him the

motor-dory, 'cause it holds so much more. They helped him swing

it over, an' that's the last they see of him."

"But, if he had an engine, you'd think he could've made it back

here or run foul of somebody or somethin'."

"Yas, you would think so; but he didn't, the more peace to him,"

was Ellinwood's reply.

"The poor feller!" said Code. "I'm sorry for his wife. Anything

else happen while I was gone, Pete?"

"Now, let me think!" The mate scratched his head. "Oh, yes! Curse

me, I nearly forgot it! You know that quair schooner that chased

us down one day an' asked the fool questions about you?"

"Yes. I saw that same schooner again yesterday. She asked more

fool questions."