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"Early this morning I paid Gavett the last dollar I had for the rent of the room; and I haven't had a mouthful to eat since I had my breakfast. How long can an invalid live, sleeping out-doors, with nothing to eat?" added Cobbington. I saw the tears roll down the thin cheeks of the man, and my sympathies were excited. I saw it was the same with Washburn.
In order to get the fullest idea of travelling on the Ocklawaha, Cobbington rigged out the sheet iron pans, with which the boat was provided for burning light wood, and other combustibles that would give a bright blaze, and the run was continued till midnight.
"Is that man employed on board?" asked Cornwood, soon after Cobbington took his head out of the door. "He is; he takes the place of Griffin Leeds," I replied. "How long has he been on board?" "He came on Saturday night." "He is a good-for-nothing vagabond!" exclaimed the pilot. "He has had a hard time of it in Florida, according to his own account.
I knew very well that Cornwood wished to know precisely what our relations were with Cobbington; but he was not so simple as to ask any questions about them. I could not prove that Captain Boomsby had placed the moccasin in the closet of the room where he had confined me, for my benefit, but I could prove that the explanation of the presence of the snake there was without any foundation in truth.
We talked freely before Cobbington, who told us that Cornwood had offered him five dollars to be a witness in a case of assault he had not seen; but he would rather starve than commit a crime. By the time we had finished our supper, the steamer was in sight of Green Cove Springs.
Johns. I couldn't stay there any longer now I had lost the ten dollars for the snake. My money was all gone; but I picked up a little selling babies." "Selling babies!" exclaimed Washburn. "Baby alligators, I mean," added Cobbington, with a languid smile. "My health was good while I was in the woods; I don't have any cough now, but I've been running down lately." Poor fellow!
If I had had an hour more, I think I could have found the man; for the landlady gave me the day on which he left." "I don't think it will be of much use to follow the matter any further," I suggested. "This story makes it probable that Cobbington had other snakes." "It may make it possible, but not probable.
Cobbington. I saw nothing of the mate, and I went into Bay Street, only a square from Forsyth. I looked in every direction for Washburn, but I could not find him, and I was obliged to give up the search. I found my boat's crew on the wharf, watching some negroes opening oysters.
"That was bad for Cobbington," I replied, with a smile. "I told the landlord what his lodger said, that he had the moccasin nailed up in a box. He didn't care how he kept him: he would not have such a fellow about his house. I added that I did not believe Cobbington had any such snake in his room, though he insisted that he had.
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