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"Africa? that is indeed an inhospitable shore; can we land there?" "Yes, I shall make sure that you land safely, and can despatch you to Sierra Leone, from whence you can take ship for England, but  " "Sail O!" shouted the lookout. AFRICA THAT IS INDEED AN INHOSPITABLE SHORE CAN WE LAND THERE YES I SHALL MAKE SURE THAT YOU LAND SAFELY AND CAN DESPATCH YOU TO SIERRA LEONE FROM WHENCE YOU CAN TAKE SHIP FOR ENGLAND BUT SAIL OH SHOUTED THE LOOKOUT
th evident pleasure upon the manly tones of the captain's voice, which seemed to have some secret charm upon her. Even her mother noticed this, and seemed to regard her with sensitive watchfulness while the captain was near, though there was no well defined suspicion or fear in her mind. "Is it customary for traders upon these seas to go so thoroughly armed, Captain Ratlin?" asked the daughter, one day, after she had been shown about the decks, at her own request, where she had marked the heavy calibre of the gun amidship, its well as the neat and serviceable array of small arms within the entrance to the cabin. "It is a treacherous latitude, lady, and the strong arm often makes the right," he answered again, evasively, as he called her attention to some distant object in the horizon, while at the same moment there was shouted from aloft: "Land O!" "Land, land!" repeated the gentle being by his side, "what land?" "Africa," quietly responded the captain, without a token of satisfaction. F THE DAUGHTER WHO DWELT WITH EVIDENT PLEASURE UPON THE MANLY TONES OF THE CAPTAIN'S VOICE WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE SOME SECRET CHARM UPON HER EVEN HER MOTHER NOTICED THIS AND SEEMED TO REGARD HER WITH SENSITIVE WATCHFULNESS WHILE THE CAPTAIN WAS NEAR THOUGH THERE WAS NO WELL DEFINED SUSPICION OR FEAR IN HER MIND IS IT CUSTOMARY FOR TRADERS UPON THESE SEAS TO GO SO THOROUGHLY ARMED CAPTAIN RATLIN ASKED THE DAUGHTER ONE DAY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN SHOWN ABOUT THE DECKS AT HER OWN REQUEST WHERE SHE HAD MARKED THE HEAVY CALIBRE OF THE GUN AMIDSHIP AND ITS WELL AS WELL AS THE NEAT AND SERVICEABLE ARRAY OF SMALL ARMS WITHIN THE ENTRANCE TO THE CABIN IT IS A TREACHEROUS LATITUDE LADY AND THE STRONG ARM OFTEN MAKES THE RIGHT HE ANSWERED AGAIN EVASIVELY AS HE CALLED HER ATTENTION TO SOME DISTANT OBJECT IN THE HORIZON WHILE AT THE SAME MOMENT THERE WAS SHOUTED FROM ALOFT LAND OH LAND LAND REPEATED THE GENTLE BEING BY HIS SIDE WHAT LAND AFRICA QUIETLY RESPONDED THE CAPTAIN WITHOUT A TOKEN OF SATISFACTION
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