I reckon I shan't
need to do no more pilotin' there."
The little old inventor stopped a moment, then added:
"Sometimes I figger what I was put in the world for was to do pilot
duty. You know there's folks that never own a ship of their own but
just spend their days towin' other people's ships into port. They
ain't so bad off neither," he went on in a merrier tone, "'cause
there's a heap of joy in helpin' some other vessel to make a landin'."
More moved by the words than he would have confessed, Robert Morton
watched the bent figure move through the door and out into the
sunshine; and afterward, banishing the seriousness of his mood, he
climbed the hill to the white cottage, there to evolve with Delight a
plot that should hold the men of the Brewster household captive long
enough for Willie and himself to attach to Zenas Henry's motor-boat the
new invention.
CHAPTER XX
ONE MORE OF WILLIE'S SHIPS REACHES PORT
Three feverish days passed, days of constant hard work and myriad
trivial annoyances. A train of misadventures had attended the
transference of Willie's "idee" to Zenas Henry's boat.
Pages:
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313