“I say,” called Elkwood after him.
“What is it?”
“I don’t need those boys here. I can get along without ’em. They’ll be in the way.”
“I want ’em to stay,” was Mr. Hardack’s answer, at which the boys heard the new man muttering again.
“Not very friendly,” commented Jerry. “Still we can get along I guess.”
The boys spent an hour going over the lighthouse, with which they were now rather familiar. In the meanwhile Elkwood was busy filling lamps, there being a number used in the big tower. He attended to the light in the big glass lantern and spent some time oiling the machinery.
“I wonder what time Jessica is coming back?” said Bob, as they sat down in the sitting room.
“Was that one thought for her and two for the supper?” inquired Jerry.
“It’s about time she should be back, I think,” came from Ned.