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The Ebb-Tide

CHAPTER 3
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I tell you, Herrick, I love you,' the man broke out; 'I didn't take to you at first, you were so anglified and tony, but I love you now; it's a man that loves you stands here and wrestles with you.

I can't go to sea with the bummer alone; it's not possible.

Go drown yourself, and there goes my last chance--the last chance of a poor miserable beast, earning a crust to feed his family.
I can't do nothing but sail ships, and I've no papers.

And here I get a chance, and you go back on me! Ah, you've no family, and that's where the trouble is!' 'I have indeed,' said Herrick.
'Yes, I know,' said the captain, 'you think so.

But no man's got a family till he's got children.


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