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All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake

CHAPTER XII
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Frank Sedley don't lord it over me much longer, you better believe! And you are a fool if you let him snub you as he does every day." "I don't mean to," answered Charles.

"I believe the fellows all hate me, or they would have made me coxswain before this time." "Of course they would.

They hate you, Charley: I heard Frank Sedley say as much as that the other day." "He did ?" "Of course he did." "I wouldn't have thought that of him," said Charles, his eye kindling with anger.
"Let's have the purse, Charley." Charles hesitated; but the struggle was soon over in his bosom, and he took from his pocket a silken purse and handed it to Tim.
"We are doing wrong, Tim," said he, as a twinge of conscience brought to his mind a realizing sense of his position.

"Give me back the purse, and I will try to find the owner." "No, you don't!" replied Tim, as he opened one end of the purse and took therefrom a roll of bank bills, which he proceeded to count.
"Do give it back to me! I am sure the owner has missed it by this time." "No matter if he has; he won't get it again in a hurry," answered the Bunker, coolly.

"Sixty dollars in bills! Good!" "Give it to me, or I will go to Captain Sedley and tell him you have it." "Will you ?" "I will." "If you do, I'll smash your head," said Tim, looking fiercely at him.
"Don't be a fool! With this money we can have a first-rate time, and nobody will be any the wiser for it." "I am afraid we shall be found out." Probably Charles was more afraid of that than of the wicked act which he had permitted himself to think of doing.


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