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 and the crew, quite unmanned, sobbed on each other's shoulders.

"Come," says Ralph, "a pistol!"



Mr. Bobstay, who was one of the most tender-hearted creatures living, could never refuse anything to the friend of his heart. So the good fellow reluctantly produced a full-sized horse-pistol and proceeded to load it as quickly as his hiccupping sobs