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Updated: May 28, 2025

"See, it's this way with me," he continued, rising from his knees and re-lighting his pipe "las' time I seen my pore mother widow-woman, she was, for my ole man he 'd shipped bo'sun o' the Raglan, las' time she weighed 'Jack, says the ole woman to me, an' the tears rollin' down her face it'lI be goin' on five year ago now 'Jack, says she; 'promise me you'll always make a bit of a prayer before turnin'-in; for the Lord says anybody that 's ashamed o' Him, He'll be ashamed o' him at the day o' judgment. Awful ain't it?

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life