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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. 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
led out into the stream, and so we coaxed the lad aboard. He either didn't know where he came from or wouldn't tell, and when we proposed to take him to sea with us, he readily agreed, and sure enough he sailed in the 'Sea Lion.'" "Well, heave ahead, Bill," said one of the group, as the narrator stopped to stove a fresh instalment of the Virginia weed in his larboard cheek. "Heave ahead." "We hadn't got fairly clear of the channel," continued Bill Marline, "before the boy had become a general favorite 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.  THE CAPTAIN'S COMING BEFORE WE HAULED OUT INTO THE STAM AND SO WE COAXED THE LAD ABOARD HE EITHER DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE CAME FROM OR WOULDN'T TELL AND WHEN WE PROPOSED TO TAKE HIM TO SEA WITH US HE READILY AGREED AND SURE ENOUGH HE SAILED IN THE SEA LION WELL HEAVE AHEAD BILL SAID ONE OF THE GROUP AS THE NARRATOR STOPPED TO STOVE A FRESH INSTALMENT OF THE VIRGINIA WEED IN HIS LARBOARD CHEEK HEAVE AHEAD WE HADN'T GOT FAIRLY CLEAR OF THE CHANNEL CONTINUED BILL MARLINE BEFORE THE BOY HAD BECOME A 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
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