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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Ebb-Tide by Stevenson & Osbourne: schooner. It's nothing new; it's done every year in the Pacific.
Stephens stole a schooner the other day, didn't he? Hayes and
Pease stole vessels all the time. And it's the making of the
crowd of us. See here--you think of that cargo. Champagne! why,
it's like as if it was put up on purpose. In Peru we'll sell that
liquor off at the pier-head, and the schooner after it, if we can
find a fool to buy her; and then light out for the mines. If
you'll back me up, I stake my life I carry it through.'
'Captain,' said Herrick, with a quailing voice, 'don't do it!'
'I'm desperate,' returned Davis. 'I've got a chance; I may
never get another. Herrick, say the word; back me up; I think
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