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the captain had fainted away, or that-he
had been seized witha fit. So two or
three strong men ran up to him, before
he had time to get wide awake, to find
out where he was and what had really
happened, and took him up, and carried
him out into the open air.

Captain Ball never heard the last of
that affair, until he died. It was all the
talk for a while, and everybody in Wil-
low Lane felt at liberty to have a good
laughing spell at the poor man’s expense.
His fall broke up his sleeping in meet-
ing for a time, though I am sorry to say
that he finally got back again to his old
habit.