What would his guardian and employer say could he
know all this and see him at the present moment?
"I wish he could, though," exclaimed Cabot half aloud, "for it would be
fun to watch his look of amazement and hear his remarks. I suppose he
is wondering what has become of that Bell Island report I was to send
in the first thing, and I guess he'll have to wonder for some time
longer, as St. Johns is about the last place I feel like visiting just
at present. I certainly have made a mess of my affairs, though, so
far, and it looks as if I had only just begun, too. At the same time I
don't see how I could have acted differently. I tried hard enough to
reach St. Johns, and would have got there all right if it hadn't been
for this factory business. But when the fellow who saved my life got
into trouble, from which I could help him out, I'm sure even Mr.
Hepburn would say I was bound to do it. Besides, I have found one
promising outcrop of copper, and now I'm off for Labrador; so perhaps
things will turn out all right after all. Anyway I'm learning how to
sail a boat, and that is something every fellow ought to know. I wish
it wasn't so awfully dark though, and that White would hurry up with
that supper, for I am powerful hungry. How good it smells, and what a
fine chap he is. Falling in with him was certainly a great bit of
luck. But how this confounded compass wabbles, and how the schooner
jumps off her course if I lift my eyes from it for a single instant.
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