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shall have an assartment of em , Justin ; I'll cut up every twig in the ould place ; you know it , Justin , darlin ; if I should not lave the stump of a shillaley for the love of a friend , if you'll spake to me ; ' and he melted again . ' Och , botheration / at last Justin blurted out , lave me alone , fader , and don ' t be hindering me
from sweeping , and the boatswain ' s mate by me ; may be I shan ' t be ' s after getting a starting , and he with his colt in his pocket . ' ' Drop the broom and speak to the old man , you greasy Russhan / said Mike Weymouth , snatching the broom from his hand , and switching Justin ' s back with it , and then doing the remainder of the sweeping himself . * God ' s blessin on you , Sir , you ' ve a tinder heart , and I thank you , ' said the father , snatching the hand of the boatswain ' s mate , and jerking it as if it had been a thrashing *
flail . The father and son stepped between two of the guns , and there a scene ensued , Justin throwing a side glance at the boatswain ' s mate , while he hurried forth an eager whisper to his father— Did you bring the whiskey V ' Is it the whiskey ?—the whiskey V and his father ' s eye spoke deeply as these words were uttered , ' The whiskey is it , Justin V and he shook his head ,, ' No darlin . ' Justin was blank again , and not a little black .
After a minute of silence and sulk , he spoke earnestly in Irish , to which his father answered in short guttural words . What was said I could not understand ; but from what followed , I learned the substance to be , Father , if you love me , give me your coat ; ' for the outer garment was taken off , and given to Justin . Then in English Justin chuckled : ' This will save me from the cowld ; look how its snowing , fader , ' and he stooped to look
through the port , the snow was falling thickly , ' Och , but it will keep me warrum , ' and he wrapped himself in it , ' in the cowld nights when I ' m on the look out on the weather gangway . ' More gesticulation and Irish followed , and it won for Justin his father ' s body coat , who now stood , in his shirt sleeves , hugging his son , (whose eye , meanwhile , laughed on the two coats , which lay across his arm . Och , then , Justin , its your own fader that shall walk two hunther miles , and widout a coat he'll be , all for the
love of you , boy , so I will , and think joy of it every step I take . Justin , honey , I won ' t feel the cowld snow and the wind when my heart shall be cowld , and that ' s true for me !* To this Justin was no listener : his father clasped and kissed him once more , then in obedience to the order for him to leave the ship , turned silently away , and got into the boat—Justin , unmoved and careless of his
departure , remained on the main deck , till he heard the dropping of the oars into the water ! then lie looked through the port , saw his father was fairly gone ; then he cracked his fingers , whirled the coats round and round over his head , and sprung' with a whoop of mad laughter , the ecstasy of triumph . 'Oh , them , Justin , but its yourself is an iligant Christian child : faith , an
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80 Autobiography of Pel . Verjuice *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1834, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2629/page/30/
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