The Praying Skipper, and Other Stories

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' Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth. '
RALPH D. PAINE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906
Copyright, 1903, 1905, by Chas. Scribner's Sons Copyright, 1904, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1905, by The Outing Publishing Co. Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co.
Copyright, 1906, by The Outing Publishing Co.
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
THE OUTING PRESS DEPOSIT, N. Y.

But I'm not going to stand for this sort of thing, angrily protested young Valentine as he shoved the letter at Port Captain Graham of the Palmetto Line. The old man may be as good a sailor as you say he is, but it's high time we set him ashore on a half-pay pension. Why, he's making our service ridiculous. Read it out to Mr. Holmes.