Chapter 20
A VERY COMMON CASE: OR A GREAT DEAL OF LAW, AND VERY LITTLE JUSTICE- -HEADS AND TAILS, WITH THE DANGERS OF EACH. I was early with Noah on the following morning. The poor fellow, when it is remembered that he was about to be tried for a capital offence, in a foreign country, under novel institutions, and before a jury of a different species, manifested a surprising degree of fortitude. Still, the love of life was strong within him, as was apparent by the way in which he opened the discourse. "Did you observe how the wind was this morning, Sir John, as you came in?" the straightforward sealer inquired, with a peculiar interest. "It is a pleasant gale from the southward." "Right off shore! If one knew where all them blackguards of rear admirals and post captains were to be found,
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