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Well, do ye see, we were lazing away time on board, and waiting the captain's coming before we hauled 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 DO YE SEE WE WERE LAZING AWAY TIME ON BOARD AND WAITING 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
sea he can't tell when he wasn't there himself." "How was that matter, Bill?" asked one of his messmates. "They say you have kept the captain's reckoning, man and boy, these fifteen years." "That have I, and never a truer heart floated than the man you see yonder leaning over the rail on the quarterdeck, where he belongs," answered Bill Marline. "How did you first fall in with him, Bill?--Tell us that," said one of the crew. "Well, do ye see, messmates, it must have been the matter of thirteen years ago, there or thereabouts, but I can't exactly say, seeing's I never have kept a log and can't write; but must have been about that length of time, when I was a foremast hand on board the 'Sea Lion,' as fine an Indiaman as you would wish to see. We were lying in the Liverpool docks, with sails bent and cargo stowed, under sailing orders, when one afternoon there strolled alongside a boy rather ragged and dirty, but with such eyes and such a countenance as would make him a passport anywhere. ILL MARLINE SEEIN HE STARTED SO ARLY ON THE SEA HE CAN'T TELL WHEN HE WASN'T THERE HIMSELF HOW WAS THAT MATTER BILL ASKED ONE OF HIS MESSMATES THEY SAY YOU'VE KEPT THE CAPTAIN'S RECKONING MAN AND BOY THESE FIFTEEN YEARS THAT HAVE I AND NEVER A TRUER HEART FLOATED THAN THE MAN YOU SEE YONDER LEANING OVER THE RAIL ON THE QUARTER DECK WHERE HE BELONGS ANSWERED BILL MARLINE HOW DID YOU FIRST FALL IN WITH HIM BILL TELL US THAT SAID ONE OF THE CREW WELL DO YE SEE MESSMATES IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MATTER OF THIRTEEN YEARS AGO THERE OR THEREABOUTS BUT I CAN'T EXACTLY SAYING'S I NEVER HAVE KEPT A LOG AND CAN'T WRITE BUT MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT THAT LENGTH OF TIME WHEN I WAS A FOREMAST HAND ON BOARD THE SEA LION AS FINE AN INDIAMAN AS YOU WOULD WISH TO SEE WE WERE LYING IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS WITH SAILS BENT AND CARGO STOWED UNDER SAILING ORDERS WHEN ONE AFTERNOON THERE STROLLED ALONGSIDE A BOY RATHER RAGGED AND DIRTY BUT WITH SUCH EYES AND SUCH A COUNTENANCE AS YOU WOULD MAKE HIM A PASSPORT ANYWHERE
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