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"Why, bless me, my child, you look as though you had been crying," said the mother, now, catching a glance at her daughter's face. WHY BLESS ME MY CHILD YOU LOOK AS THOUGH YOU'D BEEN CRYING SAID THE MOTHER NOW CATCHING A GLIMPSE AT HER DAUGHTER'S FACE
t for England." "For my part I can't understand why Capt. Bramble insists upon staying here so long. He don't seem to be doing anything, and he came into the harbor by chance." "He says that business and duty, which he cannot explain, detain him here, but that he will soon leave, of which he will give us due notice." "Heaven hasten the period!" said the mother, impatiently; "for I am most heartily tired and worn out with the strange life we lead here." This conversation will explain to the reader in part, the reason why Mrs. Huntington and her daughter, English subjects and in distress upon the coast, had not at once gone on board the vessel of their sovereign which lay in the harbor, and been carried upon their destination. From the outset Captain Bramble had resolved not to let his rival slip through his fingers by leaving port himself, and thus he had still remained to the present time, though without any definite plan of operation formed until he availed himself of Maud's proposal. M THENCE TAKE PASSAGE DIRECT FOR ENGLAND FOR MY PART I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY CAPTAIN BRAMBLE INSISTS UPON STAYING HERE SO LONG HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING HE CAME INTO THE HARBOUR BY CHANCE HE SAYS THAT BUSINESS AND DUTY WHICH HE CANNOT EXPLAIN DETAIN HIM HERE BUT THAT HE WILL SOON LEAVE OF WHICH HE WILL GIVE US DUE NOTICE HEAVEN HASTEN THE PERIOD SAID THE MOTHER IMPATIENTLY FOR I AM MOST HEARTILY TIRED AND WORN OUT WITH THE STRANGE LIFE WE LEAD HERE THIS CONVERSATION WILL EXPLAIN TO THE READER IN PART THE REASON WHY MISSUS HUNTINGTON AND HER DAUGHTER ENGLISH SUBJECTS AND IN DISTRESS UPON THE COAST HAD NOT AT ONCE GONE ON BOARD THE VESSEL OF THEIR SOVEREIGN WHICH LAY IN THE HARBOR AND BEEN CARRIED UPON THEIR DESTINATION FROM THE OUTSET CAPTAIN BRAMBLE HAD RESOLVED NOT TO LET HIS RIVAL SLIP THROUGH HIS FINGERS BY LEAVING PORT HIMSELF AND THUS HE HAD STILL REMAINED TO THE PRESENT TIME THOUGH WITHOUT ANY DEFINITE PLAN OF OPERATION FORMED UNTIL HE AVAILED HIMSELF OF MAUD'S PROPOSAL
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