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Rh instead of one, but intimated that there was not much distinction in the conditions she proposed. lie promised to see about the matter when he reached Japan, and so the conversation on that topic came to an end.

It did not take a long time to prepare Frank's wardrobe for the journey. His grandmother bad an impression that lie was going on a whaling voyage, as her brother bad gone on one more than sixty years before. She proposed to give him two heavy jackets, a dozen pairs of woollen stockings, and a tarpaulin hat, and was sure he would need them. She