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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 193

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F NANTUCKET. [July, on the backof his httleblock heada brilhantblack hat.It is nt a^ regular tar-paulin, youknow, butit is some-thing likethe hats thegirls wearand name sailors ;and thatmay be thereason thathe wears it,for a truesailor is avery chiv-alrous sortof person. This little man has… … THE SAILOR-MAN. friendly signals, sometimes signs of distress, andoften he appears to be violently whirling Indianclubs, as if he were taking his exercise on hisown main truck. This sailor vane is in such demand by sum-mer visitors that making him has become afairly paying business. One islander…

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