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fishersien's memorial and recoed book. 



a lassie is mostly quick enough to credit the woiiderful things a lad 

 tells her. He is telling her, now, what he shall do when he grows 

 up. 



"Most likely I shall go to Greenland, and then to Iceland, and 

 shall own ever so many vessels. "Will you stay here an' watch for 

 me when I'm out, just as we watch for our papas, Matty? " 



How her dark eyes glow ! How she believes every word that this 

 little adventurous fisher-boy tells lier, and how meekly, yet bravely, 

 she accepts her own destiny of watching and waiting at home on the 

 beach ! 



