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d nobody could done it but you! What have you done with it?" "I know nothing about it, uncle. I am sorry you think so hard of me. I'm ready and willing to do anything I can for you." "Then gim me back my money!" "I haven't it." "Yes, you have!" It was useless to talk with the sufferer, and Levi's presence only excited him. After repeating, in the gentlest of tones, his desire to serve him, the young skipper turned to depart. "You'll be found out, Levi Fairfield, and you'll have to give that money up. 'Tain't no use to try to git red on me, for I'm go'n' to make a will, and leave what little I've got to your aunt," said Mr. Fairfield. "Uncle Nathan, do you really think I want your money?" asked Levi, beginning to be indignant at the foul suspicious of the old man. "That's what you want to kill me for," whined the miser. "I don't want to kill you, or hurt you." "I'm go'n' to make a will; so 'tain't no use to try to git red of me any more." Levi pitied the sufferer, as much for his moral as his mental obtuseness, and fearful that his indignation might get the better of his pity, he left the room. His uncle threatened him with all the terrors of the courts and the prisons as he withdrew. In the kitchen he found Dock Vincent, who had come to make his promised afternoon visit. Levi left immediately, and called at the house of the carpenter. Mat Mogmore, after some haggling, consented to become one of the crew of the yacht. He was a young man of eighteen, who had made two or three fishing voyages, and was a smart, active fellow. He had been rather intimate with Dock since the return of the latter; and this was all Levi had against him. Before night, the young captain of The Starry Flag had engaged three other hands. The crew were to go on board the next morning, when Levi intended to start on a trial trip, for the purpose of training his men, and becoming more familiar himself with the working of the yacht. Dock Vincent entered the chamber of Mr. Fairfield. He found the old man agitated, and almost crying with anger and vexation. "So Levi's been to see you," said the visitor, seating himself at the bedside. "Yes, he has! Sunthin must be done, Cap'n Vincent," replied the old man, trying to rise on the bed, but sinking back with a groan. "Don't try to git up; keep still, Squire Fairfield, and don't hurt yourself," interposed Dock. "I can't stand this no longer!" howled the miserable man, the
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