"Yes, I know the Bunkers only too well. Stuck up people, they are, who
think they own the whole parish. You ought to see Mrs. Bunker come
into church. She holds her head so high, and steps so big and mighty,
that she thinks she's doing the Lord a great service by coming.
Tommy'll get his suit, never fear. Mrs. Bunker will see to that."

"Billy Potter comes next," Whyn hastened to explain, "and Joe Martin,
and Phil Dexter, and----"

"There, that will do," and Miss Arabella sniffed in a most significant
manner. "I know the whole tribe. Nothing but trash, every one of
them. Queer scouts, I call them. Yes, they'll all have suits, and my,
how they'll strut around."

"I'm afraid Rod will not get his for some time," and Whyn sighed.
"He's patrol leader, too, and I am sure he will feel very badly."

"No doubt he will. But, there, I must be off," and Miss Arabella rose
suddenly to her feet. "Good-bye. I'll be over to see you again soon,"
and with that, she whisked out of the room.




CHAPTER XIV

UNEXPECTED ASSISTANCE

When Miss Arabella left the Anchorage she seemed like a different
person from the one who had entered it but a short time before. Her