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The boy they said was wonderful ready, and learned like a book, and could take the sun and work up the ship's course as well as the captain; but what was the funniest of all was that, after he got well, he didn't know one of us, he had forgotten or even how he came on board the ship, the injury had put such a stopper on his brain that he had forgotten all that ever occurred before it. THE BOY THEY SAID WAS WONDERFUL READY AND LEARNED LIKE A BOOK AND COULD TAKE THE SUN AND WORK UP THE SHIP'S COURSE AS WELL AS THE CAPTAIN BUT WHAT WAS THE FUNNIEST OF ALL WAS THAT AFTER HE GOT WELL HE DIDN'T KNOW ONE OF US HE HAD FORGOTTEN OR EVEN HOW HE CAME ON BOARD THE SHIP THE INJURY HAD PUT SUCH A STOPPER ON HIS BRAIN THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN ALL THAT EVER OCCURRED BEFORE IT
all over the ship. We washed him up and bent on a new suit of toggery on him, with a reg'lar tarpaulin, and there was almost a fight whether the forecastle or the cabin should have him. At last it was left to the boy himself, and he chose to remain with us in the forecastle. The boy wasn't sick an hour on the passage until after we left the Cape of Good Hope, when the flag halliards getting fouled, he was sent up to the peak to loosen it, and by some lurch of the ship was throw upon deck. Why it didn't kill him was the wonder of all, but the boy was crazy for near a month from the blow on his head, which he got in falling, but he gradually got cured under our captain's care. "Well, do ye see, our captain was a regular whole-souled fellow, though he did sometimes work up a hand's old iron pretty close for him, and so he took the boy into the cabin and gave him a berth alongside his own, and as he grew better took to teaching him the use of his instruments, and mathematics, and the like. GENERAL FAVORITE ALL OVER THE SHIP WE WASHED HIM UP AND BENT ON A NEW SUIT OF TOGGERY ON HIM WITH A REGULAR TARPAULIN AND THERE WAS ALMOST A FIGHT WHETHER THE FORECASTLE OR THE CABIN SHOULD HAVE HIM AT LAST IT WAS LEFT TO THE BOY HIMSELF AND HE CHOSE TO REMAIN WITH US IN THE FORECASTLE THE BOY WASN'T SICK AN HOUR ON THE PASSAGE UNTIL AFTER WE LEFT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WHEN THE FLAG HALLIARDS GETTING FOULED WAS SENT UP TO THE PEAK TO LOOSEN IT AND BY SOME LURCH OF THE SHIP WAS THROW UPON THE DECK WHY IT DIDN'T KILL HIM AS WAS THE WONDER OF A SAW BUT THE BOY WAS CRAZY FOR NEAR A MONTH FROM THE BLOW ON HIS HEAD WHICH HE GOT IN FALLING BUT HE GRADUALLY GOT CURED UNDER OUR CAPTAIN'S CARE WELL DO YE SEE OUR CAPTAIN WAS A REGULAR WHOLE SOULED FELLOW THOUGH HE DID SOMETIMES WORK UP A HAND'S OLD IRON PRETTY CLOSE FOR HIM AND SO HE TOOK THE BOY INTO THE CABIN AND GAVE HIM A BERTH ALONGSIDE HIS OWN AND AS HE GREW BETTER TOOK TO TEACHING HIM THE USE OF HIS INSTRUMENTS AND MATHEMATICS AND THE LIKE
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