Excerpt from Rattlin, the Reefer, Vol. 1 of 2
My foster-father forsakes the right line of conduct chalked out for him - I grow ill - Find Pot luck and Baptism - Go to Bath, and take my first lessons in the arts of Persuasion. 21.
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