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soft clams, little necks, chowder, roasted plover, toast, 

 prunes, and coffee with evaporated cream. 



We do full justice to the homely-served but most deli- 

 cious tasting food, help the bayman clear up the mess, 

 play cards with gunwads for chips, smoke in the moon- 

 light, go to bed on the floor of the snug little cabin, are 

 lulled to sleep by the roar of the pounding surf, the boom- 

 ing of the tiller-post, the cry of the night heron, and the 

 splash of the tide roll as it comes bumping up against the 

 hull, and dream throughout the night of bluefish as big 

 as horse mackerel that tow our boat to Florida where we 

 all marry lovely mermaids and live happily ever afterward. 



