"I'm not so patriotic as to endorse wrong-doing even on the part of Britons." "We are all sure of that, sir," returned the captain, "but this time and place are not the most favorable for the telling of a story of that length." "And grandma will sit down somewhere with the children presently for a rest, in some quiet place, and tell them the story of the gun should they wish to hear it," said Mrs.Travilla; and with that promise the children seemed well content..