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Captains Courageous

CHAPTER IX
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You shall giva all you can think." He introduced her to a snuffy Portuguese priest with a list of semi-destitute widows as long as his cassock.

As a strict Unitarian, Mrs.Cheyne could not sympathize with the creed, but she ended by respecting the brown, voluble little man.
Manuel, faithful son of the Church, appropriated all the blessings showered on her for her charity.

"That letta me out," said he.

"I have now ver' good absolutions for six months"; and he strolled forth to get a handkerchief for the girl of the hour and to break the hearts of all the others.
Salters went West for a season with Penn, and left no address behind.
He had a dread that these millionary people, with wasteful private cars, might take undue interest in his companion.

It was better to visit inland relatives till the coast was clear.


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