Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 431
nd at last, he learnedthat the service did not consider that a boy ofeighteen, no matter how good a surfman he mightbe, or how skilled in boat and wave lore, had the necessary discretion, the calmness under excite-ment, the poise needed by the men whose work isplaying with danger, whose every… … NOW, RASMUS, DONT YE FRET AGlN THE SERVICE. only did he want the place for the work, whichhe loved, but for the money. An old grand-mother, a mother, and a little sister needed help,all he could give, and nothing which he could getto do would bring in so much wealth as this life-saving position,…
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