together.

"Well, did ye see Dodge?" the captain eagerly enquired.

"No," was the brief reply.

"No?" the old man repeated, while his heart sank low.

"I didn't see him, and I didn't intend to."

"But what about Whyn, Jimmy? Didn't ye promise me that----"

"Oh, that's all right," and the son gave a short laugh. "I have the
money, and isn't that enough?"

"Ye've got the money, ye say?" the captain asked in astonishment,
stopping abruptly, and looking keenly into the young man's face.
"Where did ye git it?"

"Don't worry about that, dad. It's honest money, and I'm glad it's to
be spent for a good purpose. But for that little song I heard in New
York, it would have been all blown in by this time."

"Jimmy, d'ye tell me that it's yer own money?" the captain demanded.
"Or are ye only foolin' me?"

"It was mine, dad, but now it's yours, so here it is," and the son
brought forth a big roll of bills from his pocket, and handed it to his
father. "Sit down, dad, and see how much is there."