Hanged if I don't think Connie had n idea that Mr.Ellsworth would hand it to _him_, he looked so important like.
Mr.Ellsworth just went on and finished the letter he was writing, then he said, "Alfred, our rescued mariner from across the lake can't find a roll of money he had in his mackinaw.

He thinks it may have gone down in the lake.

Don't happen to know anything about it, do you ?" I have to admit that I felt sort of funny and I looked pretty close at Skinny.

He just stood there staring and I could see by his neck that he was breathing hard and all nervous sort of.

Then Mr.Ellsworth asked him again, very pleasant like he always spoke to him.