[Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling]@TWC D-Link bookCaptains Courageous CHAPTER VII 10/16
Shall a man be more wise than his Maker? I prayed never for their lives, but I have prayed for this man's son, and he will surely be sent him." Salters looked pleadingly at Penn to see if he remembered. "How long have I been mad ?" Penn asked suddenly.
His mouth was twitching. "Pshaw, Penn! You weren't never mad," Salters began.
"Only a little distracted like." "I saw the houses strike the bridge before the fires broke out.
I do not remember any more.
How long ago is that ?" "I can't stand it! I can't stand it!" cried Dan, and Harvey whimpered in sympathy. "Abaout five year," said Disko, in a shaking voice. "Then I have been a charge on some one for every day of that time.
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