Excerpt.....The dry little man limped to the string-piece; readjusting his glasses, he inquired in a high thin voice which squeaked when he sought to raise it:
“Just in to-day, captain?”
“An hour ago,” replied the skipper.
The little man stepped upon the rail and then with great care reached the deck. Approaching the skipper, he proceeded with marked anxiety and some craft:
“I suppose you hail from Newport?”
“New London,” replied the shallop’s master.
The anxiety of the little man now became tinged with eagerness.
“You did not bring a passenger, I know,” said he.
“Wrong, master,” returned the sailor. “I did, and there he sits, as natural as you please.”.....
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