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"Yes, rather, I think"

"Well, why in the name of common sense didn't he defy his tarnished old

father, and irl he liked?"

"You'll see, uncle; wait anear, and the nearer it caed his sweetheart to ht feel, when he was far away, that she was really his wife

whateveron

which he left; yood and true friend to them"

"A jolly nice man heit all up in your head, Ay know But what did they do

next?"

"Well, as soon as they werehearts"

"Oh, dash it!" said the captain, "Ay'd have ed it better than

that, anyhow"

"But they didn't The bridegroo to was miles and miles and miles over the sea, and the poor bride

was left at home with her sorrow But soon afterwards she went to live

with another relation, a dear old man--the best, the kindest, the

tenderest, the jolliest old man in the world In fact, he had only one

fault, and that was that he sometimes used a bad word"