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gone by Minot’s Light in the night, and how thankful I have been
for that big torch away out in the dangerous sea.”

“ What a lot Uncle Nat knows!” said Rick to Ralph when they
were by themselves. “ Yes, said Ralph with a wise air, “and I will
tell you how it happened. Mother says when Uncle Nat went to sea,
he would spend his leisure time reading. That is the way boys ought
to do,” he added, exercising an older brother’s privilege and annexing a
suggestion intended for the benefit of the careless and ignorant youth,
Rick. “That is the way to rise in this world.”

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HOW UNCLE NAT SPENT HIS LEISURE HOURS.