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"See here, Charon," Sir Walter Raleigh had said, after Charon had expressed himself as deeply sympathetic, but unable to shave the terms upon which the vessel could be had, "you are an infernal old hypocrite. SEE HERE CHEIRON SIR WALTER RALEIGH HAD SAID AFTER CHEIRON HAD EXPRESSED HIMSELF AS DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC BUT UNABLE TO SHAVE THE TERMS UPON WHICH THE VESSEL COULD BE HAD YOU'RE AN INFERNAL OLD HYPOCRITE
finally disposed of to the Styx Navigation Company, under which title Charon had had himself incorporated, is a matter of nautical history. The change of name to the _Gehenna_ was the act of Charon himself, and was prompted, no doubt, by a desire to soften the jealous prejudices of the residents of the Stygian capital against the flourishing and ever-growing metropolis of Illinois. The Associated Shades had had some trouble in getting this craft. Charon, through his constant association with life on both sides of the dark river, had gained a knowledge, more or less intimate, of modern business methods, and while as janitor of the club he was subject to the will of the House-boat Committee, and sympathized deeply with the members of the association in their trouble, as president of the Styx Navigation Company he was bound up in certain newly attained commercial ideas which were embarrassing to those members of the association to whose hands the chartering of a vessel had been committed. E ROCKS SHE WAS FINALLY DISPOSED OF TO THE STYX NAVIGATION COMPANY UNDER WHICH TITLE CHARON HAD HAD HIMSELF INCORPORATED IS A MATTER OF NAUTICAL HISTORY THE CHANGE OF NAME TO THE GEHENNA WAS THE ACT OF CHARON HIMSELF AND WAS PROMPTED NO DOUBT BY A DESIRE TO SOFTEN THE JEALOUS PREJUDICES OF THE RESIDENCE OF THE STYGIAN CAPITAL AGAINST THE FLOURISHING AND EVER GROWING METROPOLIS OF ILLINOIS THE ASSOCIATED SHADES HAD HAD SOME TROUBLE IN GETTING THIS CRAFT CHERON THROUGH HIS CONSTANT ASSOCIATION WITH LIFE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DARK RIVER HAD GAINED A KNOWLEDGE MORE OR LESS INTIMATE OF MODERN BUSINESS METHODS AND WHILE AS JANITOR OF THE CLUB HE WAS SUBJECT TO THE WILL OF THE HOUSE BOAT COMMITTEE AND SYMPATHIZED DEEPLY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THEIR TROUBLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE STICKS NAVIGATION COMPANY HE WAS BOUND UP IN CERTAIN NEWLY ATTAINED COMMERCIAL IDEAS WHICH WERE EMBARRASSING TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO WHOSE HANDS THE CHARTERING OF A VESSEL HAD BEEN COMMITTED
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