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"Here's the charter papers," said Kitchell, unfolding and spreading them out one by one; "and here's the clearing papers from Blyth in England. This yere's the insoorance, and here, this is rot that, nothin' but the articles for the crew no use to us." In a separate envelope, carefully sealed and bound, they came upon the Captain's private papers. Eilert Sternersen.
"Well, you see, son," Kitchell had explained to Wilbur, "os-tensiblee we are after shark-liver oil and so we are; but also we are on any lay that turns up; ready for any game, from wrecking to barratry. Strike me, if I haven't thought of scuttling the dough-dish for her insoorance. There's regular trade, son, to be done in ships, and then there's pickin's an' pickin's an' pickin's.
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