What would his guardian and employer say could he know all this and see him at the present moment?
"I wish he could, though," exclaimed Cabot half aloud, "for it would be fun to watch his look of amazement and hear his remarks.

I suppose he is wondering what has become of that Bell Island report I was to send in the first thing, and I guess he'll have to wonder for some time longer, as St.Johns is about the last place I feel like visiting just at present.

I certainly have made a mess of my affairs, though, so far, and it looks as if I had only just begun, too.

At the same time I don't see how I could have acted differently.

I tried hard enough to reach St.Johns, and would have got there all right if it hadn't been for this factory business.