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Dick Sand

           Besides,heneverspokeofhispastlife,hesaidnotawordabouthisfamily.Whencehecame,wherehehadlived,noonecouldtell.Whatwouldhisfuturebe?Nooneknewanymoreaboutthat.HeonlyannouncedhisintentionofgoingonshoreatValparaiso.Hewascertainlyasingularman.Atallevents,hedidnotseemtobeasailor.Heseemedtobeevenmorestrangetomarinethingsthanisusualwithamastercook,partofwhoseexistenceispassedatsea.

           Meanwhile,astobeingincommodedbytherollingandpitchingoftheship,likemenwhohavenevernavigated,hewasnotintheleast,andthatissomethingforacookonboardavessel.

           Finally,hewaslittleseen.Duringtheday,hemostgenerallyremainedconfinedinhisnarrowkitchen,beforethestoveformelting,whichoccupiedthegreaterpartofit.Whennightcameandthefireinthestovewasout,Negorowenttothecabinwhichwasassignedtohimattheendofthecrew’squarters.Thenhewenttobedatonceandwenttosleep.

           Ithasbeenalreadysaidthatthe"Pilgrim’s"crewwascomposedoffivesailorsandanovice.

           Thisyoungnovice,agedfifteen,wasthechildofanunknownfatherandmother.Thispoorbeing,abandonedfromhisbirth,hadbeenreceivedandbroughtupbypubliccharity.

           DickSandthatwashisnamemusthavebeenoriginallyfromtheStateofNewYork,anddoubtlessfromthecapitalofthatState.

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