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She asked to be remembered when I began my own housekeeping, and I told her truthfully that she was not a person who could be forgotten; I repressed my feeling that she is too tearful for a Highland village where it rains most of the year, also my conviction that Ronald's parish would chasten me sufficiently without her aid." I did as Salemina wished, and had a conference with Miss Dusenberry.
"Shut up, you black rascal, you; you musn't talk that way in South Carolina; we'll have you stretched on the frame and paddled for insolence to a white man. D n me, if you're in such a hurry for it, just come along," said Dusenberry; and reaching his hand over to Dunn, took the handcuffs from him and attempted to put them on Manuel's wrists.
At length the father took to calling him "Dusenberry," and this nickname was adopted under protest. Captain Hiram sang the baby to sleep every night. There were three songs in the Captain's repertoire. The first was a chanty with a chorus of John, storm along, storm along, John, Ain't I glad my day's work's done. The second was the "Bowline Song."
Blandford regarded him searchingly for an instant. "Who sent you here?" "Dilworth & Dusenberry, Battery Street, San Francisco. Hev their card?" said Ezekiel, taking one from his waistcoat pocket. "Corwin," said Blandford, sternly, "whatever your business is here you'll find it will pay you better, a sight, to be frank with me and stop this Yankee shuffling.
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