The Snapper was to sail at high tide." "Then I think we will run down by the light, and see her come out of the harbor," added Christy.
"I don't believe she will come out this afternoon, sir," said David.
"Why not ?" "Her captain got arrested for something.

I saw four officers taking him to the jail.

Some one told me he was drunk, and had pitched into a gentleman who was walking along the sidewalk in front of a saloon on Bay Street." "They will discharge him in time to sail on the tide, won't they ?" "I don't reckon they will.

The men from the vessels in the harbor at this time make heaps of trouble," replied David.

"If the gentleman he hit had a mind to complain of him, the court would lock him up for a week or two." Christy was not disposed, under the circumstances, to make a complaint.
The boat was soon in sight of the lighthouse and the bar.