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John Barleycorn

CHAPTER XII
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In the morning, broke, poisoned, but contented, I came back on board, and we set sail.

I possessed only the clothes I had gone ashore in, and not a cent remained of the one hundred and eighty dollars.

It might well be deemed impossible, by those who have never tried it, that in twelve hours a lad can spend all of one hundred and eighty dollars for drinks.

I know otherwise.
And I had no regrets.

I was proud.


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