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Extract from Captain
"Don't you reckon you could learn another one?" says he.
"Never," says I; "I've tried to, but I couldn't manage it."
"It's a long time to hang to the one—eternity, you know."
"Don't break my heart," says I; "I'm getting low-spirited enough already."
After another long silence, says he—
"Are you glad to be here?"
Says I, "Old man, I'll be frank with you. This ain't just as near my idea of bliss as I thought it was going to be, when I used to go to church."
Says he, "What do you say to knocking off and calling it half a day?"
"That's me," says I. "I never
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