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Wapping Old Stairs? " said the rough individual, shouldering the bran-new / sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; "yus, I know the place, / captin. Fust v'y'ge, sir?"
"Ay, ay, my hearty," replied the owner of the chest, a small, / ill-looking lad of fourteen. "Not so fast with those timbers of yours. / D'ye hear?"