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Captain Candage had owned up frankly to himself that he was not able to

exercise any authority over his daughter when she was ashore

She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave hi wo her

still as a child She was always ahead of all his calculations In

his absences she jue of character--alht back to her frounny sackful of tin toys, and discovered

that in his absence, by advice and sanction of her aunt, who had become

her foster-th and had

becoe" twice before he had

htened out While he ondering

about the enorunny sack at his feet, as he sat

in the aunt's parlor; his daughter asked hiuest of

honor with the Sunday-school class's picnic which she was arranging as

teacher That gave hie