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“Now don’t get scary, uncle. Beas economical as
you can; I’ll see that the cabin allowance isn’t wasted,
and, before there can be any necessity of depriving the
sailors of all they may want, we shall have a fresh supply
on board. Remember, not a word of this to anybody.”

Then Ben walked slowly aft with sufficient on his mind
‘to have caused a much older man the gravest apprehension
cand alarm, for a short allowance of water meant more suf-
fering, possibly more danger, than a scarcity of provisions
could ever have done.