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and out from the kitchen to the stable to see if Ike had co her at ive it, up, ht! It'll be a trying time"

"What nonsense!" I said "Why, sailors have to keep watch of a night

regularly"

"When the stor between

a sniff and a sob "Does Mrs Beeton know you are going?"

"No," I said stoutly

"My poor orphan bye," she said with a real sob "Don't--don't go"

"Why, Mrs Dodley," I cried, "any one would think I was a baby"

"Here, Grant," cried Mr Brownsmith, "hadn't you better lie down for an

hour or two You've plenty of time"

"No, sir," I said stoutly; "I couldn't sleep if I did"

"Well, then, co to have, and I sat there, with the old

gentle at me every now and then with a ser as this next ti latch rattle on the gate, and started up in the

greatest exciteh the kitchen Mrs Dodley looked at me with such piteous eyes and