Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 528
A \^ _ \ own case. On V *3^- , £f / Friday night Lieutenant Dornsent for me andgave me a kindlytalk, winding upwith the promisethat he wouldmake a sailor outof me. I was onthe shore list forthe next morning, but for reasons of my own tarried on the ship. This same officer, noticing me, asked why I… … IN THE BRIG. 406 THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS [Mar., You may be sure I did return it, and now thatI have a berth on the admirals launch I will al-ways be out when it is. And I have learned this:a man may be your neighbor even though he em-ploy a different tailor. Periodically a tattoo fever breaks…
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