Natty never wasted words . He had not talked a great deal in his fourteen years of life , but he was much given to thinking . He was rather undersized and insignificant looking , but there were a few boys of his own age on the mainland who knew that Natty had muscles . `` Has Everett heard anything from Ottawa about the lighthouse business yet ? '' asked Will . Natty shook his head . `` Think he 's any chance of getting the app ` intment ? '' queried Adam Lewis . `` Not the ghost of a chance , '' said Cooper Creasy decidedly . `` He 's on the wrong side of politics , that 's what . Er rather his father was . A Tory 's son ai n't going to get an app ` intment from a Lib ` ral government , that 's what . '' `` Mr. Barr says that Everett is too young to be trusted in such a responsible position , '' quoted Natty gravely . Cooper shrugged his shoulders . `` Mebbe -- mebbe . Eighteen is kind of green , but everybody knows that Ev 's been the real lighthouse keeper for two years , since your father took sick . Irving Elliott wants that light -- has wanted it for years -- and he 's a pretty strong pull at headquarters , that 's what . Barr owes him something for years of hard work at elections . I ai n't saying anything against Elliott , either . He 's a good man , but your father 's son ought to have that light as sure as he wo n't get it , that 's what . ''
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