Part 28 (2/2)

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O_n_ Boa_r_d t_h_e ”SPOT CASH”

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ABOARD _the_”SPOT CASH”

It was late in the afternoon before the last handbill was off the press; and Billy Topsail then looked more like a black-face comedian than senior , Gri, ink-stained, tired in head and hands But the boys were delighted hat they had acco the concert and the other an honest and quiet comparison of cash and credit prices with a fair exposition of the virtue and variety of the merchandise to be had aboard the _Spot Cash_

When Bill o' Burnt Bay, however, was shown the concert announcement and informed, reement, as between him, , Griree it--that he was to sing ”The Lost Pirate”

when required--Bill o' Burnt Bay was indignant and flatly resigned his berth

”All right, skipper,” Archie drawled ”You needn't sing, I 'low Billy Topsail has a sweet little pipe, an' I 'low it'll be a good deal better to have hirined ”What's that?”

”Better to have Billy sing twice,” Archie repeated indifferently

Bill o' Burnt Bay glared at Billy Topsail

”Billy Topsail,” said Archie, in a way the most careless, ”has the neatest little pipe on the coast”

”I'll have you to know,” Bill o' Burnt Bay snorted, ”that they's many a White Bay liveyere would pay a _dime_ t' hear me have a tussle with 'The Lost Pirate'”

Archie whistled

”Look you, Archie!” Skipper Bill de, or isn't you?”

”I is,” Archie laughed

That was the end of the mutiny

At peep of dawn the _Spot Cash_ set sail fro of sail spread to a fair breeze Presently the sun was out, the sky blue, the wind s Late in the afternoon she passed within a stone's throw of Mother Burke and rounded Cape John into White Bay Before dark she dropped anchor in Coachman's Cove and prepared for business

”Come on, lads!” Archie shouted, when the anchor was down and all sail stowed ”Let's put these dodgers where they'll do ood”

The handbills were faithfully distributed before the punts of Coachht, to an audience that floated in punts in the quiet water, just beyond the schooner's stern, and by the light of four torches, Topsail, Ar, Grimm & Company presented their first entertain upon a sed on the house of the cabin

It was a fa