Beadle's Dime Novels No. 131 — page 48: what you’re looking at

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52 THE WRECKER'S DAUGHTER. “ That’s so,” said the old wrecker, scratching his head, and casting a reflective squint far out to sea ; “the .gal’s got no mother, and she ts getting quite a gal; but, Lord, she seems like a, baby, to, me, yet! Yer don’t, rally spose she’s olc ESN AT RAR RAMAN AMAT Ss do you, “ Yes, indeed, she’s as fall. of fancies as me ocean is 0’ fish, and that. young man. will. cateh.’em.all in his. nets, Of course if he’s goin’ to marry, her, it’s all right; but, Lve a mind he won't, zemember. ber long when.be gets hinck ameng his own sort; and then you'll have her getting as thin as a pe aber, to, Jogk sh thare.se denn want bes.anc.te her “Oh, as to. that,” with a, ‘snort, “ Tangee’s:a lady,.and.,a8 good as the President's wife. She’s good ‘nuff for him ; but I'll look to it, Pll look, to it; and much obleeged to. ye, Will! I reckon ye hain’t nothin’ but, the gal’s good in yer mind's eye—no axes of yer ah aig grind,, hey?” and with .a. sly laugh, which shook silently the,burly form in_its jacket of pergreen Baal, the casa of the Jolly, Jack. swung home- ried ae he would. have got a sbaking from old Joe which would have caused the teeth to rattle in his head; and asthe young couple concluded to g ahew unless Will renewed his, hostilities, he was not be- tray iw That evening, Joe took a longer and a stronger lug at his. were abso _themselyes ; they. » however, What y there, gal, and lay to for the night, I want to talk with Gifford about a whalin’ voyage to the South Sea.” » ther t jo walg sod) t to, her-own room as bidden, while Oliver took a seat on beside his host. The young man h intended. to speak of his and to the — to ask Selerea Goma Po PRP al to hear what ibeotbes had say. “ Pil be swashed if I don’t think I've swallowed a frog,” Connmiclooolksacomn