23/30 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. 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. But no man's got a family till he's got children. |