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cheek, so you'd better git forrard. You can betcher life 

 you won't get no more fresh messes this voy'ge." So, 

 with grumbling and ill-will on both sides, the conference 

 came to an end. But I thought, and still think, that the 

 mess set before those men, who had been working hard 

 since six a.m., was unfit for the food of a good dog. 



Out of my own experience I might give many other 

 instances of the kind, but I hope these will suffice to 

 show that Jack's growling is often justified, when both 

 sides of the story are heard. 



