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"Holy saints!" he added soothingly, "your worship's head ot"

To this uncharitable redown, leaving hi in the big square roo forth fro of Providence I was profoundly thankful A good half-dozen of the night guard, wearing si the afternoon, were idly lounging about the butt of theturn on sentry post, and ready enough to welco their hich would help to break the dull tediuht I observed likewise, as I made a drunken pause at the foot of the ladder in an apparently vain endeavor to steady ht-watch were a set of jolly dogs, and had been opening nu hours htless spirit of badinage which comes of fair allowance Good humor had laid careless hand on duty, until, the stern restraint of discipline noticeably relaxing, good fellowship had becoth upon three ca of limb, with face as dark as a Moor He nified position, yet hailed h I had been a boon co as he spoke an eainst the deck "Co robbed of the Church See, the most reverend Father hath already returned unto his own Truly art thou welcoo astray without a shepherd Ho, Alva! seest thou not the coe lord? or art thou already so blinded by good liquor thou would'st dare neglect the very Pope himself, did he honor us with his co hound, you drunken blade, bring hither a stool for the worthy confessor! Faith! doth he not bear the sins of us all, and reatly aweary with so vast a load Saint Theresa! 't is fortunate there is yet a bottle left uncracked for the good padre!" I gathered the heavy hood closer about my face, so as better to muffle voice as well as conceal features; made an apparent effort to stand firrins expand on the faces watching me