that way to me."



CHAPTER VIII


Announcement of Captain Elisha's decision followed quickly. Sylvester,
Kuhn, and Graves received the telephone message stating it, and
the senior partner was unqualifiedly delighted. Kuhn accepted his
associate's opinion with some reservation. "It is an odd piece of
business, the whole of it," he declared. "I shall be curious to see how
it works out." As for Mr. Graves, when the information was conveyed
to him by messenger, he expressed disgust and dismay. "Ridiculous!" he
said. "Doctor, I simply must be up and about within the next few days.
It is necessary that a sane, conservative man be at the office. Far
be it from me to say a word against Sylvester, as a lawyer, but he is
subject to impressions. I imagine this Cape Codder made him laugh, and,
therefore, in his opinion, is all right. I'm glad I'm not a joker."

The captain said that he would be down later on to talk things over.
Meanwhile, if the "papers and such" could be gotten together, it would
"sort of help along." Sylvester explained that there were certain legal
and formal ceremonies pertaining to the acceptance of the trust to be
gone through with, and these must have precedence. "All right," answered
the captain. "Let's have 'em all out at once and get the ache and agony
over. I'll see you by and by."

When Mrs. Corcoran Dunn made her daily visit to the Warren apartment
that afternoon, she found Caroline alone and almost in tears. Captain