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for the entire

4 "Well, what am I to do ? I have hired Mr. S-
season/

61 will provide for you,' said the secretary. (I will detail a
pilot to go with you, and he shall be on board at twelve o'clock/

' But if I discharge S------, he will come on me for the whole

season's wages.'

• THE CAPTAIX STOfiMED.'

* Of course that is a matter between you and Mr. S------, captain.
"We cannot meddle in your private affairs.'
The captain stormed, but to no purpose. In the end he had to
discharge S------, pay him about a thousand dollars, and take an asso-
ciation pilot in his place. The laugh was beginning to turn the other
way now. Every day, thenceforward, a new victim fell; every day
some outraged captain discharged a non-association pet, with tears