Jacob Faithful . floored him, and put him outof the house, and after that I never would have anythingmore to say with lords and gemmen, nor with fighting built a new wherry and stuck to the river, and I shiftedmy lodgings, that I mightnt mix any more with those whoknew me as a boxer. Your mother was then brought tobed with you, and I hoped for a good deal of happiness, asI thought she would only think of her husband and child ;and so she did until you were weaned, and then she wenton just as afore. There was a captain of a vessel lying inthe river, who used now^ and then to stop and t
Jacob Faithful . floored him, and put him outof the house, and after that I never would have anythingmore to say with lords and gemmen, nor with fighting built a new wherry and stuck to the river, and I shiftedmy lodgings, that I mightnt mix any more with those whoknew me as a boxer. Your mother was then brought tobed with you, and I hoped for a good deal of happiness, asI thought she would only think of her husband and child ;and so she did until you were weaned, and then she wenton just as afore. There was a captain of a vessel lying inthe river, who used now^ and then to stop and talk with her ;but I thought little about that, seeing how every one talkedwith her and she with everybody; and besides, she knewthe captains wife, who was a very pretty woman, and usedvery often to ask Mary to go and see her, which I one morning when I was going off to the boat—for hehad come down to me to take him to his vessel—^just as Iwas walking away with the sculls over my shoulder, I 205. So I Jloored him. JACOB FAITHFUL recollects my baccy box, which I had left, and I goes backand hears him say before I came into the door, Recollect,I shall be here again by two oclock, and then you promised to come on board my ship, and see I didnt hear the rest, but she laughed and said yes, she would. I didntshow myself, but walked away and went to the boat. Hefollowed me, and I rowed him up the river and took myfare—and then I determined to watch them, for I felt mightyjealous. So I lays off on my oars in the middle of thestream, and sure enough I see the captain and your motherget into a small skiff belonging to his ship, and pull away ;the captain had one oar and one of his men another. Ipulled ater them as fast as I could, and at last they seedme ; and not wishing me to find her out, she begged themto pull away as fast as they could, for she knew how savageI would be. Still I gained upon them, every now and thenlooking round and vowing vengeance in my heart, wh
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