But I shall want to hear from you, Ben,--can't you write?"
"Sha'n't make any pledges. I shall want to hear from you as much as
you will from me, and a little more, I guess. For I shall want to hear
what is said and done about my unauthorized departure. I suppose that
a _runaway_ can not expect many favorable remarks."
"Perhaps the _Gazette_ will say that the editor of the _Courant_ has
run away," suggested John, in a vein of pleasantry. "There will be
considerable more truth in that than I told the captain. It is rather
of a singular occurrence, however, Ben, that so popular an editor as
you have been should be running away from the editorial chair."
By this time the sloop was boarded, and the captain was almost ready
to sail.
"My friend," said John to the captain, presenting Benjamin. "You will
find him good company; he is no fool or knave."
"He might be a goner if that girl should be after him before we get
under way," suggested the captain. "However, we'll soon be off."
"Good luck to you, old friend," said John, as he shook hands with
Benjamin. "We shall be nigh each other, though three hundred miles
apart."
"Good-bye, John; a thousand thanks for what you have done for me,"
replied Benjamin, with a heavy heart, just beginning to feel that he
was going away from home. "Good-bye."
Thus they parted, and the sloop sailed for New York.
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