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Excerpt from The Skipper and the Skipped: Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
And a day later, half sullenly, the Cap'n accepted the proposition of the directors of the bridge company, who had said some very attering things to him about the reliability of the Sproul family. He reected that he was far enough from tide-water to avoid the mariners who had known him in his former state. I'll dock and repair he pon dered. It's a come-down, but I'll clear and cruise again when the notion strikes me.
His possessions came promptly by express-his sea-chest, two parrots, and a most amazing collection of curios that fairly transformed the little cottage where the skipper, with Seaman's facility in housekeeping, set up bachelor's hall.
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