But the captain of the _Seamew_
had seized the reins of affairs himself and was likely to do much
better in the emergency than Sheila could ever dream of doing.
"Come, now," said Tunis Latham calmly. "I do not know where you
belong or where you came from last. But you cannot stay here. Cap'n
Ira and Aunt Prue do not want you. If you have any friends near--"
"I've got friends all right! You'll find out that I've got 'em!"
gasped the girl threateningly.
"You know anybody in Big Wreck Cove?"
"No, I don't. I've just come here. But I mean to stay here till I
get my rights. I'll show you all!"
"You can't show us anything to-night," interposed Tunis firmly.
"Whatever you mean to try to do cannot be done right now, you know.
You will have to sleep somewhere, and I shall have to do one of two
things--no, one of three things."
She looked at him wonderingly, but she was listening.
"I will take you back to the port. You cannot go home--wherever you
live--to-night. In the morning you can go over with Ben Craddock on
the stage to Paulmouth."
"I won't!" The girl's determination was roused. There was a stubborn
streak in her character that would make her a bitter antagonist.
Tunis, as well as Sheila, realized this.
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