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repairing it. Not being a very bad break, and the 

 young man a good workman, it was soon put in 

 working order again. I used to think, considering 

 my size, that I was pretty careful of myself, as well 

 as my rigging ; but Charlie has patched up rods so 

 many times, from butt to tip, and picked me up 

 from among stones and brush-wood when I had 

 lain down for a rest, that I haven't quite that con- 

 fidence in myself that I was wont to have. There 

 isn't the slightest doubt but what, if that individual 

 could be prevailed upon to free his mind on the 

 subject, he would tell you he expected, the next 

 time we whip the water together, he will have the 

 grim satisfaction of getting that new split bamboo 

 into his clutches for repairs. But I have some 

 slight revenge on the youth for his hilarious scoffing 

 at what he calls my " clumsiness : " he doesn't eat 

 olives, turns up his fastidious nose at devilled ham, 

 can't do much in the way of " schnapps ; " says 

 it affects him as contradiction did Mrs. Sternhold, 

 it "flies to the head." So I eat and drink his 

 share of these accompaniments, and he pays for 

 half; but let him alone on the solids : for a little 

 fellow, he does dispose of Never mind, that's 

 Joe's lookout, and, if he can keep him " cooked 

 up," I don't care. 



"What do you think of Murray ?" said Charlie, 



