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[1]ThinksItomyself，asIoverheardapersoheservantatthedoor，inanunmistakeablevoie，“IstheSquiretohome?”
ThatoohanmyoldfriendSamSliaker.Butititofnodoubtwhenheproceeded，“Ifheis，tellhimIamhere.”
[2]“WhoshallIsay，Sir?”
[3]Thestrangerpausedamoment，andthensaid，“It’ssueverlastinglothinkyoucarryitalltoworst，andIdon’twantitbrokei’sagecalculatestoholdaprotractedmeeti.e，don’tstandstariraightgetruyineing?Shuntoffnow.”
[4]“Ah，myoldfriend，”
saidI，advandshakinghimbythehand，“howareyou?”
[5]“Asheartyasabuck，”
hereplied，“thoughI’tjustjumpquitesohighnow.”
[6]“Iknewyou，”
Isaid，“themomentIheardyourvoidifIhadn，Ishouldhavekno>
[7]“That’sbecauseIamaYankee，Sir，”
hesaid，“notwoofuslookalike，ortalkalike;butbeingfreeaeizealkas>
[8]“Ah，mygoodfriend，youalleasewhenyoutalk，andthatismorethanbesaidofmostmen.”
[9]“Andsowillyou，”
hereplied，“ifyouusesoftsawderthatway.Oh，dearme!Itseemsbuttheotherdaythatyoulaughedsoatmytheoryofsoftsawderandhumait?Theywerepleasantdays，wereenthihihpleasuretoo.AsIassingHalifaxharbor，onmywayhomeinthe‘BlackHawk，’thewindfortunatelycameahead，andthinksItomyself，Iwillputinthere，andpullfootforWindsoraheSquire，givehimmyjournal，andspendanhourortwowithhimoncemore.SohereIam，atleastwhatisleftofme，anddreadfulgladIamtoseeyoutoo;butasitisaboutyourdinnerhoandtitivateupabit，andthenwewillhaveadishofchatfordesert，andindusofby-gohroughyourshadywalkshere.”
[10]Myoldfriendhadasstillawiryathletidhisstepaselastidsprihetexercisehehadbeeoftakinghadpreservedhishealthand，aheirturnhadeomaintainhisessandhumor.Thelinesinhisfaeer，aragglinggreyhairsweretheohehandoftime.Hismannerwasmuchimprovedbyhisihegreatworld;buthisphraseology，inearedtotakebothprideandpleasure，wasmuchthesameaswhenIfirstknewhiSolittleindeedwasheged，thatIcouldscarcelybelievesomanyyearshadelapsedsincewemadeourfirsttether.
[11]Itwasthemostuedandagreeablevisit.Heeheversatiohawereoftentoravityofmyservant，whoowicelefttheroomtoavoidexplosiveoutbreaksoflaughter.Amooldmethefollowingwhimsicalstory.
[12]“Whenthe‘BlackHawk’wasatCauseau，eohaveaqueerinalsortofman，aNovaScotiadoboard，whojoinedourpartyatShipHarbor，forthepurposeoftakingacruisewithus.Nothavinganythiiculartodo，weleftthevesselandtookpassageinacoasterforPrinceEdward’sIsland，asmyissioospendadayortwothere，ahefisheries.Well，althoughIdon’ttradeesometimeswhesmartdespeciallyifthereisfuion.So，saidI，‘Doctor，Iossumwiththesefolks，andtakeariseoutofthem，thatwillastonishtheirweaknerves，Ikseveralhundreddollarsihesametime.’SoIadvertisedthatIwouldgivefourpoundstenshillingsfesthackmatatheisland，fourpoundsforthesed，threepoundstenshillingsforthethird，andthreepoundsforthefestone.Isuppose，Squire，youkno’skneeis，don’tyou?Itisacrookedpieber，exactlytheshapeofaman’slegwheformstwosidesofasquare，andmakesagrandfasteningforthesideanddeckbeamsofavessel.
[13]“‘Whatintheworlddoyouwantofonlyfourofthoseknees?’saidtheDoctor.”
[14]“‘Nothing，’saidI，‘buttoraisealaughoers，ahempayrealhahejoke.’”
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