Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing BanksMunroe, Kirk
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Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing Banks
Munroe, Kirk
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction
Thus talking, they all became hungry; and by the time they had finished
the nice little supper that Wolfe’s mother prepared for them, and were
ready to go to bed, it was long past midnight.
Breeze had been told one thing that evening that troubled him greatly,
and it was that, in case he had not been found, Lord Seabright, who was
now the executor of Sir Wolfe’s estate, would have inherited it. He
could not bear the thought of thus stepping in and claiming a property
that would otherwise belong to one who had shown him such great
kindness.
It was this thought that caused him to assent rather reluctantly, when,
after a late breakfast the next morning, Wolfe proposed that they should
go on board the _Saga_, and see if her owner had rejoined her. At any
rate, he said, he would like exceedingly to visit the yacht, and to
renew his acquaintance with Nimbus.
When they reached the landing-place, the shrill sound of the silver
whistle that Breeze carried soon brought a boat from the yacht to them;
and as they were rowed off Breeze was relieved to learn that Lord
Seabright had not arrived.
Wolfe was astonished, as well as delighted, with all that was shown him
on board the beautiful craft; but nothing pleased him so much as the
meeting with Nimbus, to whom he had taken a great fancy during their one
day’s acquaintance on board the _Esmeralda_.
Nimbus was just lifting down a pan of flour from a high shelf as Wolfe
appeared, unannounced, at the galley door. The black man started so
violently at the sudden sight of one whom he supposed to be on the other
side of the ocean that the pan of flour was upset, and he was instantly
covered from head to foot as with a mantle of snow. Quickly recovering
his presence of mind, the good-natured cook exclaimed,
“Golly! Misto Wolfe Brady. You scare um pore brack man so he turn white!
Where you leab um ole _Esmeral_’ an’ de cap’n?”
Amid his shouts of laughter at the negro’s comical appearance, Wolfe
helped to brush him off, and at the same time explained his own presence
on board the _Saga_.
After a lunch, which Nimbus insisted upon getting for them, the young
men returned to the city. As they were walking up the main business
street, a carriage that was driven rapidly towards them suddenly drew
up, and a cheery voice called out, “Hello, McCloud!”
It was Lord Seabright, who had just arrived, and was on his way to the
yacht. He asked Breeze if his companion were the friend whom he had
expected to meet. When Breeze answered that he was, and that his name
was Wolfe Brady, the other exclaimed, “What! not the son of the Brady
who used to be butler to Sir Wolfe Tresmont? I believe he did come to
Queenstown to open some kind of a shop.”
Breeze said that was the very person, and, moreover, that they were
stopping in front of his shop at that very moment. Upon this his
lordship said he must step in and speak to the old fellow, whom he
remembered very well.
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