was afraid it contained a dead man. Continuing his 

 search, the farmer soon found his boat and hanging 

 over the stern was the bait bucket, with the bait all 

 in good shape and none the worse for the five-mile trip 

 with the abandoned boat. Great was the joy of the 

 Doctor when he returned that day to be told of the 

 success of the farmer's trip ; and the laugh was on the 

 lawyer, who confessed that John was, for his age, 

 the most polished story-teller he had ever met with." 



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