. Alnomuc, or, The golden rule : with twenty-four engravings . ,with one accord they resolved to send a pe-tition to captain Darrick for his release,promising to become guarantee for his goodbehavior. The captain did not feel muchconfidence in the reformation of the culprit,nor did he feel much security in the guaran-ty of the seamen : nevertheless he was gladof the opportunity to release his old favoritefrom durance, and determined to guardagainst his roguery by keeping things outof his way. Bob Ringtail was the principal agent ineffecting the release of Old Sailor : and soonafter he cast him
. Alnomuc, or, The golden rule : with twenty-four engravings . ,with one accord they resolved to send a pe-tition to captain Darrick for his release,promising to become guarantee for his goodbehavior. The captain did not feel muchconfidence in the reformation of the culprit,nor did he feel much security in the guaran-ty of the seamen : nevertheless he was gladof the opportunity to release his old favoritefrom durance, and determined to guardagainst his roguery by keeping things outof his way. Bob Ringtail was the principal agent ineffecting the release of Old Sailor : and soonafter he cast him loose, he was called withsome others to haul up the mainsail; thedog hastened to do his share of the he was let loose, he had been flyingabout deck like a dog possessed, and nosooner did he see the seamen take hold ofthe clewline than he ran to join. Now Bob Ringtail was a bit of a dandyin his way, and withal very particular aboutthe set of his trowsers, the lower parts ofwhich were large enough to be a couple of THE ]vEW YCPUBLIC LIB] ASTOH. LL\. THE GOLDEN RULE. 55 meal bags, but above they were snug as hisskin. Indeed I may say much snugger, forthe canvass was drawn as taught as a drumhead. This being the case, and Bob beingthe only one handy to lay hold of, it is nowonder Old Sailor found it necessary togive a sharp grip : in his eargerness he bita little too close, and nipped a portion of theseamans flesh together with the canvass. This attack upon his rear was altogetherunexpected by Bob, in the suddenness ofhis surprise he uttered an exclamation, andhis fist fell like a thunder bolt upon thehead of Old Sailor. Hi spi. Hi spi, cried the dog and im-mediately commenced a retreat. Bob fol-lowed up and sought to ease the pain of hisnether man by bestowing sundry heartykicks upon the hinder end of Old Sailor. Well Sailor, said George Dilloway, thats returning evil for good, and not atall like a grateful dog. Old Sailor was now much worse thanbefore, and seemed poss
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