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Seven schooners sailed with him that day, and, at the end of nine

weeks, the Lass weighed anchor and charged home with the first

halibut that had come into Freekirk Head in years. On this trip,

when he was left in peace, Code displayed all the remarkable

"nose" for fish that his father had had before him.

And when he had weighed out the last of his halibut Bill Boughton

led him into the little office of the fishstand and offered him a

quarter interest in the business.

Thereafter Code was to make only such trips as he could spare

time for, and Pete was to have charge of the Lass on other

occasions.

He had proved himself worth his salt in the eyes of the whole

village, and Boughton needed some one to do the heavy work, while

he collected most of the profits. This business future, and three

thousand dollars in the bank, led Code one day to send to St.

John's for an architect, and to haggle with Al Green concerning

the cost of a piece of land overlooking the blue bay.