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Whereupon he read:   "There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked, and looked, and laughed. WHEREUPON HE READ THERE CAME TO PORT LAST SUNDAY NIGHT THE QUEEREST LITTLE CRAFT WITHOUT AN INCH OF RIGGING ON I LOOKED AND LOOKED AND LAUGHED
, and I had just put my little capital in with his when I met your mother. If you had met your mother wouldn't you have wanted to marry her?" "Yes!" cried Nancy eagerly. "Fifty of her!" At which everybody laughed. "And what became of the money you put in Uncle Allan's business?" asked Gilbert with unexpected intelligence. There was a moment's embarrassment and an exchange of glances between mother and father before he replied, "Oh! that's coming back multiplied six times over, one of these days,--Allan has a very promising project on hand just now, Admiral." "Glad to hear it! A delightful fellow, and straight as a die. I only wish he could perform once in a while, instead of promising." "He will if only he keeps his health, but he's heavily handicapped there, poor chap. Well, what's the verse?" The Admiral put on his glasses, prettily assisted by Kathleen, who was on his knee and seized the opportunity to give him a French kiss when the spectacles were safely on the bridge of his nose. DID YOUR UNCLE ALLAN WAS STARTING IN BUSINESS AND I HAD JUST PUT MY LITTLE CAPITAL IN WITH HIS WHEN I MET YOUR MOTHER IF YOU HAD MET YOUR MOTHER WOULDN'T YOU HAVE WANTED TO MARRY HER YES CRIED NANCY EAGERLY FIFTY OF HER AT WHICH EVERYBODY LAUGHED AND WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY YOU PUT IN UNCLE ALLAN'S BUSINESS ASKED GILBERT WITH UNEXPECTED INTELLIGENCE THERE WAS A MOMENT'S EMBARRASSMENT AND AN EXCHANGE OF GLANCES BETWEEN MOTHER AND FATHER BEFORE HE REPLIED OH THAT'S COMING BACK MULTIPLIED SIX TIMES OVER ONE OF THESE DAYS ALLEN HAS A VERY PROMISING PROJECT ON HAND JUST NOW ADMIRAL GLAD TO HEAR IT A DELIGHTFUL FELLOW AND STRAIGHT AS A DYE ONLY WISH HE COULD PERFORM ONCE IN A WHILE INSTEAD OF PROMISING HE WILL IF ONLY HE KEEPS HIS HEALTH BUT HIS HEAVILY HANDICAPPED THERE POOR CHAP WELL WHAT'S THE FIRST THE ADMIRAL PUT ON HIS GLASSES PRETTILY ASSISTED BY KATHLEEN WHO WAS ON HIS KNEE AND SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE HIM A FRENCH KISS WHEN HIS SPECTACLES WERE SAFELY ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE
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