Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 44
hat week was fine an warm!A\ho did I say the capn was ? I did nt say at all ?Wa-a-11 now, his name were Lijah Bell—or was it Eli Ball?I kinder guess t were Eli. He d a big, red, bushy beard —No-o-o, come to think, he alius kept his whiskers nicely sheared. 588 ALL AT SEA 589 But anyhow, that voyage… … I SHIPPED ABOARD THE llzrir—OR KHK MIGHT HA BIN THE J.4NE. The crew they were a jolly lot, an used to sing AvastI think it were, or else Ahoy, while bailing out the mast.And as I recollect it now, — But here I cut him short,And said: It s time to tack again, and bring your wits to port;I came to…
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