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ay, enlarging upon the fine points, and doing as all good traders are bound to do when they find themselves face to face with a customer. "To which the end was: "'Wa'al, what'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'What'll you take?' "'What'll you give?' "'Well,' said my grandfather, 'I don't know as I care about trading after all. I think I'll wait till the whaling fleet comes along. I've been waiting for them for some time, and they ought to be here soon.' "'You're not in the right track,' said Captain Jones. "'Yes, I am.' "'Excuse me.' "'Ex-cuse _me_,' said my grandfather. 'I took an observation just before you came in sight, and I am in lat. 47 deg. 22' 20", long. 150 deg. 15' 55".' "Captain Jones's face fell. My grandfather poked him in the ribs and smiled. "'I'll tell you what I'll do, as I don't care, after all, about waiting here. It's a little damp, and I'm subject to rheumatics. I'll let you have the whole thing if you give me twenty-five per cent, of the oil after it's barreled, barrels and all.' "The captain thought for a moment. "'You drive a close bargain.' "'Of course.' "'Well, it'll save a voyage, and that's something.' "'Something! Bless your heart! ain't that every thing?' "'Well, I'll agree. Come on board, and we'll make out the papers.' "So my grandfather went on board, and they made out the papers; and the ship hauled up alongside of the whale, and they went to work cutting, and slashing, and hoisting, and burning, and boiling, and at last, after ever so long a time--I don't remember exactly how long--the oil was all secured, and my grandfather, in a few months afterward, when he landed at Nantucket and made inquiries, sold his share of the oil for three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars fifty-six cents, which he at once invested in business in New Bedford, and started off to Pennsylvania to visit his mother. The old lady didn't know him at all, he was so changed by sun, wind, storm, hardship, sickness, fatigue, want, exposure, and other things of that kind. She looked coldly on him. "'Who are you?' "'Don't you know?'
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