Part 2 (1/2)
”But ht”
”He'd try I don't doubt he'd try,” said Troop; ”but a whole season's catch is eight men's bread; an' you'll be better in your health when you see him in the fall Go forward an' help Dan It's ten an' a ha'af a month, ez I said, an', o' course, all f'und, same ez the rest o' us”
”Do you s?” said Harvey
”An' other things You've no call to shout, young feller”
”I won't! My father will give you enough to buy this dirty little fish-kettle”--Harvey stamped on the deck--”ten times over, if you take me to New York safe; and--and--you're in a hundred and thirty by me, anyway”
”Ha-ow?” said Troop, the iron face darkening
”How? You knoell enough On top of all that, you want me to do menial work”--Harvey was very proud of that adjective--”till the Fall
I tell you I will not You hear?”
Troop regarded the top of the ued fiercely all around hiurin' out ment”
Dan Stole up and plucked Harvey by the elbow ”Don't go to tamperin'
with dad any more,” he pleaded ”You've called him a thief two or three times over, an' he don't take that from any livin' bein'”
”I won't!” Harvey al the advice; and still Troop hbourly,” he said at last, his eye travelling down to Harvey ”I don't bla feller, nor you won't blame me when the bile's out o' your systim 'Be sure you sense what I say? Ten an' a ha'af fer second boy on the schooner--an' all f'und--fer to teach you an' fer the sake o' your health Yes or no?”
”No!” said Harvey ”Take me back to New York or I'll see you--”
He did not exactly re on to a nose that bled, while Troop looked down on hi'in' this young feller when I first saw himents, Dan Naow I'm sorry for him, because he's clear distracted in his upper works He ain't responsible fer the naive me, nor fer his other statements nor fer jumpin' overboard, which I'entle with hiive hies clears the head
Let him sluice it off!”
Troop went down solemnly into the cabin, where he and the olderDan to comfort the luckless heir to thirty millions
CHAPTER II
”I warned ye,” said Dan, as the drops fell thick and fast on the dark, oiled planking ”Dad ain't noways hasty, but you fair earned it Pshaw!
there's no sense takin' on so” Harvey's shoulders were rising and falling in spas ”I know the feelin' First time dad laid me out was the last--and that was my first trip Makes ye feel sickish an' lonesome I know”
”It does,” moaned Harvey ”That ”
”Don't say that to dad,” whispered Dan ”He's set ag'in' all liquor, an'--well, he told me you was the madman What in creation made you call him a thief? He's my dad”
Harvey sat up,wad of bills ”I'm not crazy,” he wound up ”Only--your father has never seen more than a five-dollar bill at a time, and my father could buy up this boat once a week and never miss it”