When Mr. Norton broke the good news to Mrs. Norton a half hour later, the two declared it was the happiest day of their whole life. But when, a week later, they greeted Charley in St. John's when he disembarked from the mail boat, and he threw his arms around his mother, perhaps a greater height of happiness was reached.
Before they left St. John's, Mr. Norton contracted for the best motor boat that he could buy, to be shipped on the mail boat to Skipper Zeb; and with it went a host of gifts to Mrs. Twig and Violet from Mrs. Norton, and new rifles and ammunition to Skipper Zeb and Toby as gifts from Charley.
And we may be sure that the friendship did not end with this. But our story has already grown too long, and those happenings of after years belong to another tale.
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FOOTNOTES
[ [1] Seal.
[ [2] Hardtack.
[ [3] Similar to the Canada Jay, but with darker upper parts and head.
[ [4] The Hudsonian Chickadee.
[ [5] Old harbour seal.