Page:Fighting in Cuban Waters.djvu/67

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.
ON THE WAY TO THE "BROOKLYN"
47

old naval veteran. "So he cleaned you out completely, eh?"

"Yes, Mr. Newell. I don't care so much for the money, but that order for the railroad ticket—"

"It's too bad; too bad!" Phil Newell ran his hand through his bushy hair. "I don't believe the navy-yard authorities will issue a duplicate order."

"Neither do I."

"You see, some sailors wouldn't be none too good for to get such a paper and then sell it for what she would fetch."

"Yes, that s the worst part of it. I shouldn't want them to think I was was getting in on them or trying to do so."

"The best thing to do, as far as I can see, is to call on Caleb Walton and get his advice."

"Where does he live?"

"In Charlestown, only a few blocks from the Bunker Hill monument. I don't know the number, but it's on Hill Street, and I know the house."

"Will you go with me? If I haven't the number—"

"To be sure I'll go with you, just as soon as I can set the new clerk on his proper course."