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 buy the boat, and have Matthew join thee. But why does Martin Nutt wish to sell?"

"He is going to Philadelphia to open a ship chandlery and not follow the water any longer. He thinks he has earned the right to be a merchant and have an office, so he said, and Neighbor Watson agreed; and, John, when can thee pay me for my share in this venture?"

"Just as soon as we can get William Emley to draw up the necessary paper and thee signs it the money will be in thy hands," John replied, with a glow of amusement that lit his whole countenance and showed what a handsome man he was.

"But I did not know," remarked his partner, astonished at John's promptness in the matter, and not a little distrustful of the course he was pursuing,—" I did not know that thee had so much in hand; thy capital, I thought—"

"Was the ten pounds I put with thy forty. Well, William, I am not supposed to be responsible for thy way of thinking. Does thee not remember that when we started in