The Mate of the Vancouver — page 13: what you’re looking at

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4 THE MATE OF THE VANCOUVER. “ You must, Tom,” she said ; “ for my sake, do. You can look after him, and perhaps shield him if anything happens, for I am in fear all the time when he is away, but if you were with him I should be more at ease; for you are so steady, Tom.” I wasn’t so steady as she thought, I dare say, but still I didn’t drink, and that was something. Anyhow, that’s the reason why I went with Will, and it was through him and his drinking ways that all the trouble beg: that made my life 4 terror to me, and yet brought all the sweetness into it that a man can have, and more than many have a right to look for. When we left Liverpool we were bound for Melbourne with a mixed cargo and emi- grants; and I shouldn’t like to say which was the most mixed, what we had in the hold or in the steerage, for I don’t like such a human cargo; no sailor does, for they are 2! ways in the way. However, that’s neither bere nor ee ~ wae omicbooks.com | met 2 —_——