Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        his folks sit there, down below.33 The
        whole secret of his not being sick
        is his happy nature. {H}e is con-
        tinually laughing and joking, and
5      will not give way. The Englishman
        is very melancholy, and I am
        very anxious. 'Tis all about you,
        were you with me I do not
        believe I would be sick. If I
10    even knew how you are [and] what
        your mother has been saying I
        do not think I would even then
        be sick. The Captain is always
        trying to cheer me by saying
15    something about you, such as,
        "when your wife comes out I'll
        give her the same berth as you
        have now." "You'll not be so sick
        Frank when coming down to New York
20    to meet your wife." "Were Miss
        Wallace here she would not be
        near so sick as what you are,"
        and many other similar expressions.

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