act of the matter is, the whole trip
has gone wrong from the start. You know what I wanted, but as it
couldn't be, I did the next best thing and made up this party, and now
the cruise has ended in a fizzle. The boys have got girl on the brain,
and I am disgusted."

"No girl on your brain," observed Albert dryly.

"Well, that's different," was the evasive answer, and then he added
suddenly, "By the way, where is the girl with the wonderful eyes you met
here? What about girl on your brain?"

"Just now I imagine she's helping her mother in the house," answered
Albert quietly; and then he added, "Well, what is the programme, and
where are you going with the 'Gypsy'?"

"I want to be landed at the nearest port where I can reach a railroad,"
answered Frank, "and then you can do as you please with her. My skipper
will do your bidding."

"What about the rest of the boys?" asked Albert.

"Well," replied Frank, "you can run to Bar Harbor and dance with the
girls until the rest want to come back, or you can do as you please. The
'Gypsy' is yours as long as you want her, after I'm ashore. I think
I'll run up to Bath and take the night train for the mountains, if there
is one; if not, we will lie at Bath over night."

"I must go ashore and leave word I am coming back," said Albert; "the
fact is, I've found a client in this Mr. Terry, and it's an important
matter."

"So is the blue-eyed girl, I imagine," observed Frank with a droll
smile. When the irrepressible owner of the 'Gypsy' had deserted her,
Albert returned to the Cape and remained there for a week. How many
little trips he induced his new-found friends to take on her during that
time, how much gossip it created in the village, and how many happy
hours he and Telly passed together, need not be told. The last day but
one of his stay he invited everybody at the Cape, old or young, to go
out on a short cruise, and nearly all accepted. Mrs. Leach, however, did
not come, and when Albert asked Telly the reason she answered quietly,
"It's because the poor old soul is ashamed of her clothes."

When the morning of his departure came Uncle Terry said, "I hope we'll
see ye soon, Mr. Page, and ye'r' sure of a welcome here, so don't forget
us," and then he pulled away on his daily round to his traps.

As it happened, when Albert was ready to start only Telly accompanied
him to the cove where his boat was, and when she bade him good-by he
noticed her voice trembled a little, and