I've paid twenty-five thousand
dollars down on her and I'll have to make a payment of twenty thousand
dollars on the twenty-sixth of September and twenty thousand dollars a
month on her thereafter until she, is paid for. And if I default on a
payment for more than thirty days before I've paid off half of the
purchase price the Oriental Steamship Company may, at its option, take
the vessel away from me."
Cappy Ricks smiled.
"Ah!" he breathed softly. "So you want help, eh? You finally did
manage to get into deep water close to the shore, and now you're
yelling to father to come through and save you, eh? Well, I'll do it,
my boy, because I think you made a bully buy; and she's worth it.
I'll take over your bargain for you and give you, say--er--ahem!
we--harumph-h-h--say twenty-five thousand dollars profit. Not so bad,
eh? When I was your age--" Cappy paused, open-mouthed. He had
suddenly remembered something. "Oh, no," he contradicted himself;
"this isn't my foolish day--not by a jugful! You owe me a lot of
money on that promissory note you gave me when we settled up for that
Tillicum business--so I'll not give you any money after all. I'll
just take the contract of sale off your hands, give you back the money
you risked in the deal--and your promissory note, cancelled.
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