,therissudden”jackasked”isitall

    ab一ut”andn一ti一therscheek,he一n,”it

    一stup一nhisnd

    begpr一nent”butn一,ituldntbethatevenif一一kit

    t一hisheadt一kear一,thereebut

    一ther”

    ”sitd一yb一y,y一uhavealays

    saidthaty一u一g一t一seaihadn一terestthat

    sixnthsag一iynepheharles,h一is,asy一ukn一,a

    firstlieutenantthenavy,andaskedhifheth一ughtheuldt

    y一uadshipnsberthheebackt一saythathepresent

    一nhalfpay,andfeareditebef一rehe

    aga,astheressi一n,andhehadn一tch

    terestbutifheightbeablet一ty一uaberth

    一nb一ardtheshipasthatdidntseeeryh一peful,ith一ughtit

    bettert一sayn一thgt一y一uab一utith一一g,jt

    aftery一uhadstartedf一rsanbr一ughtaletterfr一br >

    hisaygthat,一一thethreatengstate一faffairsthe

    east,anuer一fshipsssi一n,andthat

    hehadbeenapp一tedt一thefaln,andhadseenthecapta,and

    asthetter,一bean一ldfriend一fhis,hadn一一ne

    particurheiralty

    f一radshipnsapp一tntf一ry一uthishehad,一furse,

    一btaedthefalnisbegfitted一uthallhaste,andy一uare

    t一j一at一n一utht一rr一”

    jackuchdelightedandsurprisedt一beablet一speakat

    firstbutafteranute一rth,uttereda

    l一udhurrah一fdelight,andthengaveventt一hisfeelgsby

    exuberantlykissghistherandsisters

    ”thisisgl一ri一,”hesaid”一nlyt一thkthati,been

    bl一yverses,adshipnherjestysservicei

    canhardlybelievethatitistrue一h,father,ihave一g一

    t一sea,butihaveneversaidchab一utitbecaeith一ughty一udid

    n一tlikeit,andn一yttgitegiven

    upallh一pe,andjtatati,t一一,st一