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Updated: May 4, 2025

And Boatswain Bill, who lived at the house of the 'Nine Nations'-the house they said had a bottomless pit-and English used to fight a deal about the Miss McCartys, and Bill one night threw English over the high stoop, down upon the pavement, and broke his arms. They said it was a wonder it hadn't a broken his neck. But no one dare have a set-to with Mary.

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams - Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life