T and the other afterward. For precisely this reason, I must leave Sam and his party for a time now, while I tell where Jake Elliott had been, and what he had been about. When Sam let him off as easily as he could at the time of the compass affair, and even went out of his way to prevent the boys from referring to that transaction, he did so with the distinct purpose of giving Jake an opportunity and a motive to redeem his reputation; and he sincerely hoped