He bought his establishment from ` old Si , ' who used to fish down there and was a mysterious old critter in a way too . So when this young fellow stepped in from goodness knows where , some of the Pointers christened him Young Si for a joke , and he never gets anything else . Does n't seem to mind it . He 's a moody , keep-to-himself sort of chap . Yet he ai n't unpopular along shore , I believe . Snuffy was telling me they like him real well , considering his unsociableness . Anyways , he 's as handsome a chap as I ever seed , and well eddicated too . He ai n't none of your ordinary fishermen . Some of us kind of think he 's a runaway -- got into some scrape or another , maybe , and is skulking around here to keep out of jail . But wife here wo n't give in to that . '' `` No , I never will , '' said Mrs. Bentley firmly . `` Young Si comes here often for milk and butter , and he 's a perfect gentleman . Nobody 'll ever convince me that he has done anything to be ashamed of , whatever 's his reason for wasting his life down there at that shore . '' `` He ai n't wasting his life , '' chuckled Mr. Bentley . `` He 's making money , Young Si is , though he do n't seem to care about that a mite . This has been a big year for mackerel , and he 's smart . If he did n't know much when he begun , he 's ahead of Snuffy now . And as for work , I never saw his beat . He seems possessed . Up afore sunrise every blessed morning and never in bed till midnight , and just slaving away all between time .
I said to him t ` other day , says I : ` Young Si , you 'll have XXXXX let up on this sort of thing and take a rest .
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