allet--by George! I 've seen him chaff and joke, sort of quiet, when we
was going to ride under every minute; but he turned as white then as
that new mainsail, and off he went, like a shot But 't was no use. Of
course, the jewelry feller would n't disgorge on David's say-so, without
no proof."

"It was like this," he went on; "the counter was here,--and David
stood here,--and I was here,--and we both come off together. But I tell
you,--the way David looked when he put in his hand for his wallet! He
stopped laughing, as if he see a ghost; I can't get it out of my head.
And how the man that stole the money can stand it I can't figure out."

"Perhaps he 's calloused," said the Deacon, "by what the paper said
the other night about his buying a parcel of clothes hooked out of some
man's entry. We concluded 'twas the same man--by the name."

"Can't believe all that's in the paper," said Perez Todd; "you know the
paper had me to be married, once; the boys put it in for fun; they made
up the name for the female, I guess, for I 've been kind of shyin' round
for her this ten year, and have n't seen no such woman."

"Yes, sir, he's a hard ticket," said Green; "that's so, every time.
Well, I must be going; I agreed to go and help Elbridge over at half
flood."

"Half flood about five," said Captain Bennett; "you have n't any great
time to spare."

Green went to the shore, rattled a skiff down over the beach to the
water, and pulled away, with quick, short strokes. First the skiff was
cut off from sight by the marsh-bank; then the rower's head alone was
seen above the tall brown grasses; and then he pulled around the bend
and was lost to view behind a mass of flaming woodbine; and still, in
the distance, could be heard across the water the rattle of his oars in
the thole-pins.

"Well, Silas?" said Captain Bennett.

"Well?" said Uncle Silas.

"Oh! I 've nothing to say," said Captain Bennett

"Nor I," said Uncle Silas.

"Calvin's always seemed to be a good-hearted fellow," said Captain
Philo, "since he's lived here."

"Oh, yes," said Captain Bennett; "seems to feel for David surprisingly.
Told me all about the losing of the money, told my wife, told my boy,
told Uncle Joe, told our minister, told the Doctor, told Zimri Cobb,
told Cyrus Bass, told Captain John Wells, told Patrick Coan; and proves
it out to 'em all that 't was the Jew that did it."

"Kind of zealous, like the Apostle Paul supplying the pulpit to the
Gent