"You are invaluable, Mr. Buckingham," said Mrs. Dale, "and are as gallant as if you had as many wives as Blue Beard."
"Rather a scaly compliment, Buckingham," laughed his friend.
"She means well, but the fish are not far off," he answered, picking up Garfield, and giving his arm to quiet Miss Crew.
CHAPTER II.
WHO IS WHO IN A MEDLEY.
"What a moving sea of faces!" exclaimed Miss Crew.
"Yes, quite a few, and look as if they required laundrying—bodies, bones, and all."
"Here, Garfield, though you are 'very old' as you say, you had better take my hand," said Miss Crew, nervously, as Mr. Buckingham set him down on the wharf.
"Oh, no, he must go with his father," cried Mrs. Dale.