“What did Captain Grover think of Guy remaining behind?” asked Mr. Ainsworth.
“He thought it was a good plan. Guy had a position with a leading English merchant in that city.”
“You’ll see him coming home before the mast as a common sailor, mark my words,” said the deacon. “As I was saying, the minister ought to set a good example to his people in the way of family discipline; but you see what he’s done. Suppose we all followed his example?”
“I think Guy will come out all right,” observed Enoch Slade.
“I don’t.”
“What would you have done with him?”
“I’d have put him into a store, or had him learn a trade; that’s what I would have done.”
“Mr. Fenwick was anxious to have him go to college,” suggested Enoch Slade.
“What was the objection?”
“He couldn’t afford it. You know Mr. Fenwick’s salary is only a thousand dollars a year, and he has an aged aunt whom he helps. So it was quite impossible for him to afford the expense.”