Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 258
there sat the Bosn, clown in thecabin, close to the companionway, the tasselof his knitted cap coming nearly up to thecombings of the hatch; and on the deck out-side sat Middy, digging his claws into thetempting yarn, and occasionally going deepenough to scratch the Bosns scalp. Whennight came and… … HE WAS HOISTED WITH THE MAIN-GAFF. treading himself a comfortable nest there amongthe blankets, and curling himself down to sleep.It was his own idea to select the captainsberth as the only proper place in which toturn in. But the most interesting trait in Middyscharacter did not appear until he…
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