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large/3098/sea-witch_0903_librivox_64kb_mp3/sea-witch_02_ballou_64kb
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"Our ship was a first class freighter and passage vessel, and on the home voyage we had plenty of ladies. OUR SHIP WAS A FIRST CLASS FREIGHTER AND PASSAGE VESSEL AND ON THE HOME VOYAGE WE HAD PLENTY OF LADIES
 our captain was a regular whole-souled fellow, though he did sometimes work up a hand's old iron pretty close for him, and so he took the boy into the cabin and gave him a berth alongside his own, and as he grew better took to teaching him the use of his instruments, and mathematics, and the like. The boy they said was wonderful ready, and learned like a book, and could take the sun and work up the ship's course as well as the captain; but what was the funniest of all was that, after he got well, he didn't know one of us, he had forgotten or even how he came on board the ship, the injury had put such a stopper on his brain that he had forgotten all that ever occurred before it. To my mind, howdsomever, it wasn't much to forget, seeing he was little better than a baby, and hadn't been to sea at all, and you know there aint anything worth knowing on shore, more'n one can overhaul in a day's leave, more or less, within hail of the sea." "That's true," growled one or two of his messmates. APTAIN'S CARE WELL DO YE SEE OUR CAPTAIN WAS A REGULAR WHOLE SOULED FELLOW THOUGH HE DID SOMETIMES WORK UP A HAND'S OLD IRON PRETTY CLOSE FOR HIM AND SO HE TOOK THE BOY INTO THE CABIN AND GAVE HIM A BERTH ALONGSIDE HIS OWN AND AS HE GREW BETTER TOOK TO TEACHING HIM THE USE OF HIS INSTRUMENTS AND MATHEMATICS AND THE LIKE THE BOY THEY SAID WAS WONDERFUL READY AND LEARNED LIKE A BOOK AND COULD TAKE THE SUN AND WORK UP THE SHIP'S COURSE AS WELL AS THE CAPTAIN BUT WHAT WAS THE FUNNIEST OF ALL WAS THAT AFTER HE GOT WELL HE DIDN'T KNOW ONE OF US HE HAD FORGOTTEN OR EVEN HOW HE CAME ON BOARD THE SHIP THE INJURY HAD PUT SUCH A STOPPER ON HIS BRAIN THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN ALL THAT EVER OCCURRED BEFORE IT TO MY MIND HOWDSOMEVER IT WASN'T MUCH TO FORGET SEEING HE WAS LITTLE BETTER THAN A BABY AND HADN'T BEEN TO SEA AT ALL AND YOU KNOW THERE AINT ANYTHING WORTH KNOWING ON SHORE MORE'N ONE CAN OVERHAUL IN A DAY'S LEAVE MORE OR LESS WITHIN HAIL OF THE SEA THAT'S TRUE GROWLED ONE OR TWO OF HIS MESSMATES
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