“Do you want to earn ten dollars?” he demanded; “then chase yourself to
the village and bring the constable.”
Lady Moya exclaimed bitterly, Lord Ivy swore, Kinney in despair uttered
a dismal howl and dropped his head in his hands.
“It’s no use, Mr. Aldrich,” I said. Seated in the stern, the others had
hidden me from the fisherman. Now I stood up and he saw me. I laid one
hand on his, and pointed to the tin badge on his suspender.
“He is the village constable himself,” I explained. I turned to the
lovely lady. “Lady Moya,” I said, “I want to introduce you to my
father!” I pointed to the vine-covered cottage. “That’s my home,”
I said. I pointed to the sleeping town. “That,” I told her, “is the
village of Fairport. Most of it belongs to father. You are all very
welcome.”
End of Project Gutenberg’s The Make-Believe Man, by Richard Harding Davis
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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