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In that mood he would have avoided Captain Zoradus Wass if he had spied

that boisterously cheerful mariner in season But the captain had hi more affability

than was his wont

"Heifers o' Herod! youngster," shouted the grizzledfor me?"

"No," faltered Mayo "Did you want to seefro co the water-front Heard you had

quit aboard a yacht, and reckoned you had got sensible again and wanted

real work"

"If you had asked down aot on track

of ?" demanded Captain Wass, with incredulity

"Yes, and on a chartered s on shares!" Mayo

was sourly resolved to paint his low estate in black colors "And I have

concluded it's about all I'm fit for"

"That's fine, sea chap I have trained

up tohi astern, you young cuss, when I heard you'd gone

skipper of a yacht, but I didn't think it was as bad as all this"