Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 14
he story; but it was never smaller than a whale, and it was once as large as the fabuloussea-serpent; he had caught a cod-fish so heavythat it nearly sank the vessel; had got wrecked,and escaped drowning only by a hairs breadth. After all those good times, he had settledquietly down in Northport,… … think it was an animal; shesaid she saw one stuffed in amenagerie, once; and she wouldsay, Oh, la, now, I know you rejokin ! while Jake was relatinghis most thrilling adventures,which was very disagreeable. To say nothing of his past greatness, Jake wasnow the proprietor of three boats; in one, he…
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