Such was the exact wording of that historic item. By some chance it did not meet the eagle eye of Ed Smith until the completely printed paper, still moist from the press, was placed in his hands. Then his eye fell upon it.
"Who wrote this item about a strange young man?" he asked.
"I think the Captain got it," said Anthy.
"Well!" exclaimed Ed, "that must be the very chap I have just hired to help Fergus."
He paused a moment, reflectively.
"I got him dirt cheap, too," said he.
And this was the way in which Norton Carr was plunged into the whirl of life at Hempfield.
