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Chapter 23

           Pocket,whichwereexemplifiedinthefollowingmanner.Mr.Pocket,withthenormalperplexityofhisfaceheightenedandhishairrumpled,lookedatthemforsomeminutes,asifhecouldn’tmakeouthowtheycametobeboardingandlodginginthatestablishment,andwhytheyhadn’tbeenbilletedbyNatureonsomebodyelse.Then,inadistantMissionarywayheaskedthemcertainquestionsaswhylittleJoehadthatholeinhisfrill,whosaid,Pa,FlopsonwasgoingtomenditwhenshehadtimeandhowlittleFannycamebythatwhitlow,whosaid,Pa,Millerswasgoingtopoulticeitwhenshedidn’tforget.Then,hemeltedintoparentaltenderness,andgavethemashillingapieceandtoldthemtogoandplay;andthenastheywentout,withoneverystrongefforttolifthimselfupbythehairhedismissedthehopelesssubject.

           Intheeveningtherewasrowingontheriver.AsDrummleandStartophadeachaboat,Iresolvedtosetupmine,andtocutthembothout.Iwasprettygoodatmostexercisesinwhichcountryboysareadepts,butasIwasconsciousofwantingeleganceofstylefortheThamesnottosayforotherwatersIatonceengagedtoplacemyselfunderthetuitionofthewinnerofaprize-wherrywhopliedatourstairs,andtowhomIwasintroducedbymynewallies.ThispracticalauthorityconfusedmeverymuchbysayingIhadthearmofablacksmith.Ifhecouldhaveknownhownearlythecomplimentlosthimhispupil,Idoubtifhewouldhavepaidit.

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