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Show It was In tho Black sea that ho fel from tho bridge, and tho captain said, "Is it Jack that is overboard?" For he loved him like a son, and ho plunged ir, to savo him. And the water was wiltt and ho grasped but it was only his cap. And a sad present it was that thoy scut mo that Christmas his silver watch and chain. Aud since then I have been weak and weary, for ho was tho first of 13, and I loved him the best. Ah, Jesus sent and Jesus took! I know it must be so, but when I sit on the rocks I think maybe God took my son to some island in tho sea, and when J see the birds skimming on the water 1 think maybe ho was not drowned, but will come up out of tho sea to hh mother, who nursed him so dear - |