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Mon Dec 7 11:03:34 CET 2009

As a New York cabdriver guides his vehicle through a jam on Broadway,
picking out the smooth places and avoiding the rough ones until the last
bar was crossed and the boat entered the sheltered waters of the bay.
"By gum!" exclaimed the enthusiastic "able seaman." "That was
great--er--sir!" "That's part of what I'll l'arn you in the next two
months," said the Captain. "'Twon't do you any harm to know it when
you're in the Navy neither. Stand by to let go anchor!" CHAPTER XV IN
JOHN BAXTER'S ROOM If Josiah expected any relaxation in Captain Eri's
stern discipline he was disappointed, for he was held to the strict
letter of the "shipping articles." The Captain even went to the length
of transferring Perez to the parlor cot and of compelling the boy to
share his own room. This was, of course, a precaution against further
attempts at running away. Morning after morning the pair rose before
daylight and started for the fishing grounds. There were two or three
outbreaks on the part of the "able seaman," but they ended in but one
way, complete submission. After a while Josiah, being by no means dull,
came to realize that when he behaved like a man he was treated like one.
He learned to steer the Mary Ellen, and to handle her in all weathers.
Also, his respect for Captain Eri developed into a liking. Captain Perez
was gratified and delighted at the change in his grandnephew's behavior
and manners, and was not a little curious to learn the methods by which
the result had been brought about. His hints being fruitless, 
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