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Captains Courageous

CHAPTER X
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"What in thunder do you fellows mean by clappin' the law on the town when all decent men are at sea this way?
Heh?
Town's dry as a bone, an' smells a sight worse sence I quit.

'Might ha' left us one saloon for soft drinks, anyway." "Don't seem to have hindered your nourishment this morning, Carsen.
I'll go into the politics of it later.

Sit down by the door and think over your arguments till I come back." "What good is arguments to me?
In Miquelon champagne's eighteen dollars a case and--" The skipper lurched into his seat as an organ-prelude silenced him.
"Our new organ," said the official proudly to Cheyne.

"Cost us four thousand dollars, too.

We'll have to get back to high-license next year to pay for it.


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