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Captain Mayo had already noticed that thethe flustered young woe, but it was effectively blocking progress at that

end of the line

He felt a "native's" instinctive i baited by the merrymakers; the responsibility

of his own errand pro that the yachtso about their business

"From the Polly, Mr Speed?" he inquired, amiably "Is the Polly in

the harbor? I didn't notice her in the fog"

"Reckon you know her, by the way you speak of her," replied the

gratified Mr Speed

"I ought to, sir She was built at Mayoport by an to turn out ships"

"Well, I swanny! Be you a Mayo?"

The captain bowed and ser! that sort of puts you right into our fambly, so to speak!"

Theconfidence "I'm

in a mess, Cap'n Mayo, and I need advice and coht tack toward ular duty, and all of a sudden I

foundSeeing