2(5 THE FATTED CALF. 



strolled past him, muttering just loud enough for 

 him to hear : ' Remember-the-Sabbath-day-to 

 keep-it-holy-six-days-shalt-thou-labor- and - do 

 all-thy- work-but - the - seventh-day-is-the-Sab- 

 bath-of-the— Lord-thy-God-in-it^thou-shalt-not 

 do-any-work-thou-nor-thy-mate - nor - thy-sec- 

 ond - mate - nor - thy - third- mate-nor-thy-crew 

 nor— thy-cook-nor-thy-carpenter-nor-thy-cooper 

 nor-thy-cabin-boy.' 



" The old man pretended he didn't hear me, but 

 after awhile he went below and I heard his bell ring. 



" So down I tumbled, and as soon as the old 

 man got his face straight he said, ' Boy, what day 

 is this?' 



" 4 Sunday, sir.' 



" ' That so ? Then you go straight to the chief 

 mate and tell him I say knock off work on that 

 sail and quit breaking the Sabbath day ! ' 



" After that we used to get a little rest of a 

 Sunday ; and that's the sum and substance of the 

 Ten Commandment story. Please may I stop ? " 

 " Drop anchor ! " laughed the girl. Then the 

 Prodigal suggested a fresh game, and the scene 

 shifted anew. Instead of a group around the 

 Prodigal, you had a group around Dorothy. 



Now I had all along been thinking — what ! I? 

 Ah, I've let Pussy pop out of my bag of discretion! 



