Snuffy strolled over to the boat . `` See that handsome girl , Si ? '' he asked lazily . `` One of the Bentleys ' boarders , I hear . Looks as if she might have stepped out of a picture frame , do n't she ? '' `` We 've no time to waste , Curtis , '' said Young Si harshly , `` with all these fish to clean before bedtime . Stop talking and get to work . '' Snuffy shrugged his shoulders and obeyed in silence . Young Si was not a person to be trifled with . The catch was large and it was late before they finished . Snuffy surveyed the full barrels complacently . `` Good day 's work , '' he muttered , `` but hard -- I 'm dead beat out . ` Low I 'll go to bed . In the name o ' goodness , Si , whar be you a-goin ' to ? '' Young Si had got into a dory and untied it . He made no answer , but rowed out from the shore . Snuffy stared at the dory blankly until it was lost in the gloom . `` Ef that do n't beat all ! '' he ejaculated . `` I wonder if Si is in his right senses ?
He 's been actin ' quar right along , and now to start off , Lord knows whar , XXXXX this hour o ' night !
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