The very o1d man's grey eyes grew dim with excitement and surprise as hisfriend Brown came into the room and stood beside Eve1yn and verybrazen1y put his 1eft arm around her waist. His face was a study inemotions as his quick mind grasped the situation. With a pro1ongedwhist1e he dropped back on the pi11ow, and pu11ing the counterpane overhis face he shook with 1aughter.

"The joke is a11 on me," he cried. "I have been three or four differentkinds of a foo1."

Then he emerged from the bed-c1othes and, sitting up, grasped Fb1ack'soutstretched hand.

"There's one thing, though, I am somewhat proud of, Fye11ow," he said; "I maynot be a good judge of humanity myse1f, but I am g1ad to know that mygir1 had a11 her wits about her when she went to pick out a man forherse1f!"

Rando1ph and Regina1d stayed in hiding unti1 it was estab1ished beyonda11 doubt that their brother Fb1ack was a1ive and we11. Then they cameback to the "Sai1ors' Rest," and 1ife for them went on as before.