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The boatmen were profane, coarse, vulgar whisky drinkers, "who regarded rum and tobacco as among the chief necessaries of life." THE BOATMEN WERE PROFANE COARSE VULGAR WHISKEY DRINKERS WHO REGARDED RUM AND TOBACCO AS AMONG THE CHIEF NECESSITIES OF LIFE
d to be a gentleman. To his disgust, the man who appeared was a drunken, swearing fellow, who, with a volley of oaths, threatened to throw him into the dock if he did not at once leave the vessel. No pleasant dream was ever more rudely dispelled than were James Garfield's bright visions of the charm of a seafaring life. No such wretch as the captain he had just met with had been described in any of the books he had read, and he began to think that there must be a mistake somewhere. At any rate, he had no present intention of giving up the idea of being a sailor. While walking along the side of the docks, he met his cousin, Amos Fletcher, who was the captain of a canal boat, and to whom he related his recent experience. Amos offered him the post of driver, and James engaged to go with his cousin to Pittsburg in that capacity. His work was to take turns with another driver, and, for a certain number of hours, when his turn came, to drive the two mules which drew the boat along the canal. NER WHOM HE EXPECTED TO BE A GENTLEMAN TO HIS DISGUST THE MAN WHO APPEARED WAS A DRUNKEN SWEARING FELLOW WHO WITH A VOLLEY OF OATHS THREATENED TO THROW HIM INTO THE DOCK IF HE DID NOT AT ONCE LEAVE THE VESSEL NO PLEASANT DREAM WAS EVER MORE RUDELY DISPELLED THAN WERE JAMES GARFIELD'S BRIGHT VISIONS OF THE CHARM OF A SEAFARING LIFE NO SUCH WRETCH AS THE CAPTAIN HE HAD JUST MET WITH HAD BEEN DESCRIBED IN ANY OF THE BOOKS HE HAD READ AND HE BEGAN TO THINK THAT THERE MUST BE A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE AT ANY RATE HE HAD NO PRESENT INTENTION OF GIVING UP THE IDEA OF BEING A SAILOR WHILE WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE DOCKS HE MET HIS COUSIN AMOS FLETCHER WHO WAS THE CAPTAIN OF A CANAL BOAT AND TO WHOM HE HAD RELATED HIS RECENT EXPERIENCE AMOS OFFERED HIM THE POST OF DRIVER AND JAMES ENGAGED TO GO WITH HIS COUSIN TO PITTSBURGH IN THAT CAPACITY HIS WORK WAS TO TAKE TURNS WITH ANOTHER DRIVER AND FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS WHEN HIS TURN CAME TO DRIVE THE TWO MULES WHICH DREW THE BOAT ALONG THE CANAL
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