He felt fortunate in getting off so well, but he was puzzled to understand where he could have met the young man who professed to know him so well.
He left the store, but almost immediately was tapped on the shoulder by the young man in question.
“I got you off well, didn’t I?” said the young man with a wink.
“I am much obliged to you, sir,” said Robert.
“You don’t seem to remember me,” continued the young man, winking again.
“No, sir.”
“Good reason why. I never saw you in my life before nor you me.”
“But I thought you said you had met me at Cook’s Harbor?” said Robert in surprise.
The young man laughed.
“Only way to get you off. You’d have been marched off by a policeman if I hadn’t.”