The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters

both of us, for he gives his all, the same being twenty-five cents, and to him we have assigned the duty of explaining things to the good woman.” Alvin had his father well trained, and he cheerfully granted every request of his son. He smiled and remarked to his wife after reading the letter to her: “Alvin has never caused us an hour of anxiety. He would not ask these things without good reason. I shall give orders when I go to the office that everything he wishes shall be done.” “That was rather nice on the part of Mr. Haynes to say what he did of you, Gideon.” “Yes, Franklin hasn’t anything mean in his nature.” “Don’t you think it a pity that while his boy and ours are so fond of each other their fathers are not on speaking terms?” “Perhaps so, but there must always be two persons to a quarrel.” “And you are one of them in this case. I mean to call on Sophia this very day.” “Haynes flew up before he had time to understand all the facts in that little affair of ours. If he had waited he would have found that he had no cause for grievance.” “Suppose you call on him.” The banker shook his head. “That is asking too much; it would be humiliating.” Now when a sensible wife makes up her mind that her husband shall do a certain thing, and when that husband wishes to do it, but allows a false pride to hold him back, you may make up your mind that the aforesaid thing will be done with no unnecessary delay. So it was that Gideon Landon went to Franklin Haynes and they had not talked ten minutes when the cloud between them vanished. Friendship and full trust were restored and can never be broken again. It was another illustration of the good that often flows from small deeds and even smaller words. (Mike Murphy’s letter to Mrs. McCaffry.) “ My Dear Aunt Maggie : “I’m thinking that about the time this luv letter raiches ye, an insthrumint will do the same, which the name is peeanoler, or something like that. I beg ye to accipt the thrifle as a prisent from Captain Landon, Second Mate Haynes and First Mate mesilf. I know Misther Noxon would crack his heels togither fur the chance of j’ining wid…