Ralph Henry Barbour

“ I didn’t tell you before because I thought you’d be sorry.”
“That’s the reason we didn’t tell,” laughed Roy. “So we’re all in the same boat.”
“Yes,” said Mr. Cole, “and the boat’s name is the Jolly Roger. Where do you boys go to?”
“New York,” they answered.
“And you?” he asked of Harry. And when she had told him: “Well, that’s all right then. We sail Saturday morning.”
“What do you mean?” cried Harry.
“Why, that you must be my guests, Miss Emery, the whole lot and parcel of you. I’ll get you to New York Sunday morning, and that ought to be soon enough for any one. ”

“ We took them to the jail at Silver Cove, and at midnight we’ll go on with them to New York. Now you know all about it. I’m sorry I’ve had to deceive you at times, but it’s necessary in my business.”
“Then you weren’t a clown at all?” asked Roy.
“Oh, yes, I was—for awhile. And all the other things I told you about,” answered Billy smilingly. “In the service we have to play many parts. Well, I must, be getting on. I was sorry I couldn’t come to your party, Miss Emery. Perhaps, though, we will meet again some day. I hope so. I’ve enjoyed knowing you and these young gentlemen immensely. ”

“ You’ve seen him.”
“The man at the wharf!” cried Chub. “The fellow that helped us with the launch that day, Roy! Remember? Isn’t that right, Mr. Noon?”
“That’s right. He was watching the freight and people that went out from Silver Cove because I discovered finally that the counterfeit money was being sent to New York from this point. I took up the vocation of book agent since it provided me with an excuse for visiting all the houses around here. ”