Maybe you do n't mind that , though ? '' `` I like it . When one has been teaching school all the year in a noisy city , quiet seems the one thing to be desired . Besides , I like to fancy myself something of an artist . I paint and sketch a little when I have time , and Miss Courtland , who was here last summer , said I could not find a more suitable spot . So I came because I knew that mackerel fishing was carried on along the shore , and I would have a chance to study character among the fishermen . '' `` Well , the shore ai n't far away , and it 's pretty -- though maybe us folks here do n't appreciate it rightly , being as we 're so used to it . Strangers are always going crazy over its ` picturesqueness , ' as they call it . As for ` character , ' I reckon you 'll find all you want of that among the Pointers ; anyway , I never seed such critters as they be . When you get tired of painting , maybe you can amuse yourself trying to get to the bottom of our mystery . '' `` Oh , have you a mystery ? How interesting ! '' `` Yes , a mystery -- a mystery , '' repeated Mr. Bentley solemnly , `` that nobody hai n't been able to solve so far . I 've give it up -- so has everyone else . Maybe you 'll have better luck . '' `` But what is it ? '' `` The mystery , '' said Mr. Bentley dramatically , `` is -- Young Si . He 's the mystery . Last spring , just when the herring struck in , a young chap suddenly appeared at the Point . He appeared -- from what corner of the globe nobody hai n't ever been able to make out .
He bought a boat and a shanty down XXXXX my shore and went into a sort of mackerel partnership with Snuffy Curtis -- Snuffy supplying the experience and this young fellow the cash , I reckon .
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