I don't wonder Captain Jim ran away because of it.
Captain Jim was one of those rare and interesting people who "never speak but they say something."
Captain Jim went out, but remembered something in the yard and turned back for a moment.
Captain Jim had "dropped in" several times at the little house.
Captain Jim is always saying it doesn't take long to stay an hour.
Captain Jim treated himself to an admiring smile before he went on with his story.
I never remember of Captain Jim making up to anybody.
As for Captain Jim, he was a happy man that summer.
On the morning after the election Captain Jim dropped in at the little house to tell the news.
Captain Jim gave him the most of that, you know.