XIX.
_A PLACE TO STOP._
Here is a place to bring into a harbour our story drifting on like aboat. Dave Fletcher was appointed keeper of the light at Black Rocks,and Thomas Trafton became his assistant. Bart, though, said heconsidered himself to be second assistant, and should fit himself asrapidly as possible for a keeper. He wanted, he added, to be as usefulas he could be--an idea that never forsook him since the old days of hiscareer as Little Mew. Dick Pray went on in the old style, full of plansand projects, stirred by an intense ambition to do some big thing, butimpatient of the little things necessary to the execution of the whole.Always ready to dare, he was as uniformly averse to the doing of thehard work that might be demanded.
Toby Tolman took up his quarters in his old home ashore. As he couldnot go where Dave was, he said he thought Dave ought to come to him asoften as possible. Dave promised to do all in his power, and as apledge of his sincerity he married the light-keeper's granddaughter,black-eyed, bright-eyed May Tolman. She lived under Toby Tolman's roof;and as Dave improved every opportunity to visit the grand-daughter, hewas able to fulfil his promise made to the grandfather.
THE END.
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