[Cap’n Warren’s Wards by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookCap’n Warren’s Wards CHAPTER XVIII 41/55
We don't want--any of us--to have this get into the papers.
We mustn't have any disgrace." "Disgrace! Good heavens! Isn't there disgrace enough already? Isn't it enough to know father was a crook as well as an idiot? I've always thought he was insane ever since that crazy will of his came to light; but to steal! and then to leave a paper proving it, so that we've got to lose everything! His children! It's--" "Now hold on, boy! Your dad didn't mean to take what didn't belong to him--for good, that is; the note proves that.
He did do wrong and used another man's money, but--" "Then why didn't he keep it? If you're going to steal, steal like a man, I say!" "Steve, Steve! steady now!" The captain's tone was sterner.
"Don't speak that way.
You'll be sorry for it later.
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