shoulder.

"Come on! come on!" we begged the other three, "let's go to the
Eagle House!"

"Why? What for?"

"That's the 'Hoppergrass' he said was stolen. Captain Bannister is
here,--at the Eagle House!"

"But he didn't say the 'Hoppergrass';--he said the Hannah
Billingsgate."

"Pettingell. That's the other name of the 'Hoppergrass'."

"The other name? Does she travel under an Elias, as Gregory the
Gauger calls it?"

"No, no! The captain doesn't like 'Hoppergrass' and he said he had
thought of changing the name. Come on,--let's go to the Eagle
House."

We made them understand at last, and then we started up the street
in the direction that the crier had pointed. On the way, Jimmy
Toppan was struck by doubts.

"I don't see how the Captain COULD change the name like this. You
have to register a new name for a boat, I think."

"You said that he was thinking of calling her the Hannah J. what