James, who seemed to be quite familiar with the Gloucester fisheries, said: "The fishermen brought their load of halibut to the Gloucester wharves last night and immediately loaded it upon the Boston steamer. Three o'clock in the morning was its time for sailing, and at six it was being unloaded in Boston. The six-hour trains brought some of it to New York in time for our dinner."
LOADING FISH AT GLOUCESTER.
"Steamers and railroad trains seem necessary for our dinner, do they not?" said Albert. "But this fish sauce contains only articles from nearer home, I am sure."
"Do not be too certain of that," said Mr. Smith. "Alice, what is there in this sauce?"
"First, there are eggs."
"Those came from our Long Island farm, of course," said her husband.
"Then there is olive oil."
"That comes from Italy," said Mr. Smith. "That is not a home product. The olives that you are eating are, of course, from Italy also."