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Chapter 2

           Acquisitions,clothes,prettyragsragsthatwouldflyoffatthefirstgoodshake.No;youwantadeliberatebelief.Anappealtomeinthisfiendishrowisthere?Verywell;Ihear;Iadmit,butIhaveavoice,too,andforgoodorevilmineisthespeechthatcannotbesilenced.Ofcourse,afool,whatwithsheerfrightandfinesentiments,isalwayssafe.Who’sthatgrunting?YouwonderIdidn’tgoashoreforahowlandadance?Well,noIdidn’t.Finesentiments,yousay?Finesentiments,behanged!Ihadnotime.Ihadtomessaboutwithwhite-leadandstripsofwoolenblankethelpingtoputbandagesonthoseleakysteam-pipesItellyou.Ihadtowatchthesteering,andcircumventthosesnags,andgetthetin-potalongbyhookorbycrook.Therewassurface-truthenoughinthesethingstosaveawiserman.AndbetweenwhilesIhadtolookafterthesavagewhowasfireman.Hewasanimprovedspecimen;hecouldfireupaverticalboiler.Hewastherebelowme,and,uponmyword,tolookathimwasasedifyingasseeingadoginaparodyofbreechesandafeatherhat,walkingonhishind-legs.Afewmonthsoftraininghaddoneforthatreallyfinechap.Hesquintedatthesteam-gaugeandatthewater-gaugewithanevidenteffortofintrepidityandhehadfiledteeth,too,thepoordevil,andthewoolofhispateshavedintoqueerpatterns,andthreeornamentalscarsoneachofhischeeks.

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