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Hunger and neglect even then had greatly changed him, and he shipped, as has been related. The fall he got at sea threw a cloud over his brain as to past recollections up to that time, and here if the wish ever possessed him as to returning to his early home, he knew naught of it. HUNGER AND NEGLECT EVEN THEN HAD GREATLY CHANGED HIM AND HE SHIPPED AS HAS BEEN RELATED THE FALL HE GOT AT SEA THREW A CLOUD OVER HIS BRAIN AS TO PASS RECOLLECTIONS UP TO THAT TIME AND HERE IF THE WISH EVER POSSESSED HIM AS TO RETURNING TO HIS EARLY HOME HE KNEW NOT OF IT
, no!" said the elder brother, hastily, "he must not be further examined." "How he has altered, sir, only to think," continued the servant; "why, when he went away from Bramble Park, sir, he wasn't much more than nine years old." "Yes. I remember, I remember, Leonard," replied his master, hurriedly, while he walked the apartment with quick, irregular steps. "I remember only too well." This was indeed that elder brother who had, when a boy, so oppressed, so worried, and rendered miserable his brother Charles, as to cause him in a fit of desperation to stray away from home, whither he knew not. His parents saw now--alas! too late--their fatal error; but the boy was gone, no tidings could be had of him, and they believed him dead. The honest tar, whose yarn the attentive reader will remember, as given on the deck of the "Sea Witch," spoke truly of his commander. He had, years before, strayed alongside a vessel, as has been related, from whence he hardly knew himself, or was afraid to say. HIS SIMPLICITY WE CANNOT TESTIFY AGAINST HIM NOW SIR NO NO SAID THE ELDER BROTHER HASTILY HE MUST NOT BE FURTHER EXAMINED HOW HE HAS ALTERED SIR ONLY TO THINK CONTINUED THE SERVANT WHY WHEN HE WENT AWAY FROM BRAMBLE PARK SIR HE WASN'T MUCH MORE THAN NINE YEARS OLD YES I REMEMBER I REMEMBERED LEONARD REPLIED HIS MASTER HURRIEDLY WHILE HE WALKED THE APARTMENT WITH QUICK IRREGULAR STEPS I REMEMBER ONLY TOO WELL THIS WAS THE DEED THAT ELDER BROTHER WHO HAD WHEN A BOY SO OPPRESSED SO WORRIED AND RENDERED MISERABLE HIS BROTHER CHARLES AS TO CAUSE HIM IN A FIT OF DESPERATION TO STRAY AWAY FROM HOME WHETHER HE KNEW NOT HIS PARENTS SAW NOW ALAS TOO LATE THEIR FATAL ERROR BUT THE BOY WAS GONE NO TIDINGS COULD BE HAD OF HIM AND THEY BELIEVED HIM DEAD THE HONEST TAR WHOSE YARN THE ATTENTIVE READER WILL REMEMBER AS GIVEN ON THE DECK OF THE SEA WITCH SPOKE TRULY OF HIS COMMANDER HE HAD YEARS BEFORE STRAYED ALONGSIDE A VESSEL AS HAS BEEN RELATED FROM WHENCE HE HARDLY KNEW HIMSELF OR WAS AFRAID TO SAY
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