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"Thet thar Mercedy.... Why, I hed sich a little mite once...." and he chewed fiercely at the fresh plug he had thrust into his cheek. "Dead?" queried Prout, softly. "Yes; diphthery. Yew see it came about th' way.
"Waal, I reckon yew regulates your own affairs ter your own fancy; but look here, mister," and the kindly ring in the old skipper's voice appealed to the man before him "what about little Mercedy? Yew ain't agoin' to let thet pore child grow up among naked, red-skinned savages, hey?" A deep flush overspread the trader's face, and then it paled again, and he ceased his hurried, agitated walk.
"Thet's jest it," the American answered quickly, "but yew hev a long head fer a Britisher, a darned long head an' I reckon yew an' me will pull together bully; so jes' tell the chief here to get the traps back inter the boat again, an' yew an' me an' little Mercedy will get aboard agin "
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