s to make pictures of.
I knowed a feller once that made a business of takin' photografts in
furin' parts. He sailed with me when I was master of the _Blue
Sparrow_--clipper built she was, an' a spankin' fine craft. We----"

"Oh, Uncle Amazon!" Louise cried, rising from, the table suddenly,
"you'll have to excuse me. I--I forgot something upstairs. Yes--I've
finished my breakfast. Betty can clear off."

She fairly ran away from the table. It seemed to her as though she
could not sit and listen to another of his preposterous stories. It
would be on the tip of her tongue to declare her disbelief in his
accuracy. How and where he had gained access to Cap'n Abe's store of
nautical romances she could not imagine; but she was convinced that
many, if not all, of his supposedly personal adventures were entirely
fictitious in so far as his own part in them was concerned.

She put on her hat and went out of the back door in order to escape
further intercourse with Cap'n Amazon for the present. On the shore
she found the spot below the Bozewell bungalow a busy scene. This was
a perfect day for "the sun worshipers," as somebody has dubbed motion
picture people. Director Anscomb was evidently planning to secure
several scenes and the entire company was on hand.

Louise saw that there were a number of spectators besides herself--some
from the town, but mostly young folk from the cottages along The
Beaches.

Lawford Tapp was present, and she waved her hand to him, yet preserving
an air of merely good comradeship. She was glad that he did not know
that it was she who had leaped to his rescue the day before.
Considering the nature of the feeling she had for him, into the
knowledge of which his peril had surprised her, the girl could not
endure any intimate conversation with Lawford. Not just then, at least.

Tapp was in the midst of a group of girls, and she remarked his ease of
manner. She did not wonder at it, for he was a gentleman by instinct
no matter what his social level might be. Three of the girls were
those Louise Grayling believed to be daughters of Lawford's employer.

She saw that he was breaking away from the group with the intention of
coming to her. L'Enfant Terrible said something to him and laughed
shrilly. She saw Lawford's cheek redden.

So Louise welcomed the approach of Mr. Bane, who chanced at the moment
to be idle.

"Now you will see us grinding them out, Miss Grayling," the actor said.