"Why, there is not a particle of truth in it. I never saw these girls. I never even heard of their being in existence."
"Oh, that makes no difference."
"The devil it doesn't!" said the old man, hotly. My readers must remember that he was a seaman.
Here the sheriff came up and told the Captain he was wanted.
CHAPTER XXV.
Captain Alden before the Magistrates.
There was an additional magistrate sitting on this occasion, Master Bartholomew Gedney—making three in all.