“Not lately.”
“Would you like to go back on the lake?”
“Wouldn't mind.”
“You've had a good deal of experience, haven't you?”
“Guess so.”
“What have you done besides running that little schooner you had?”
“Well, I was mate two years on one of Peters's coal schooners, and before that I knocked around a good while getting on to the ropes.”
“Now, I'll tell you, Badeau, we're going to put on a big schooner this year. She's the Robert James.”
“I know,” said Hunch, “a three sticker. Belongs to the Wilsons. Stud Marble's been sailing her.”
“That's the boat. Well, we've bought her, and she's going out March eleventh with that Menominee bill. If you think you'd like to take her out, say so, and you can have her. We've named her the Lucy Jackson.”