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just previous to the gale; and nothing had been heard of them。 It turned out 

that the pleasure…seekers saw their danger in time; and ran ashore on one 

of the least exposed islands; where they passed the night。 Shortly after our 

own arrival they appeared off Rivermouth; much to the joy of their friends; 

in two shattered; dismasted boats。 

     The excitement over; I was in a forlorn state; physically and mentally。 

Captain Nutter put me to bed between hot blankets; and sent Kitty Collins 

for the doctor。 I was wandering in my mind; and fancied myself still on 

Sandpeep       Island:   now    we    were   building    our   brick   stove   to  cook    the 

chowder;       and;   in  my    delirium;    I  laughed     aloud    and   shouted     to  my 

comrades; now the sky darkened; and the squall struck the island; now I 

gave orders to Wallace how to manage the boat; and now I cried because 

the   rain   was   pouring   in   on   me   through   the   holes   in   the   tent。   Towards 

evening a high fever set in; and it was many days before my grandfather 

deemed it prudent to tell me that the Dolphin had been found; floating keel 

upwards; four miles southeast of Mackerel Reef。 

     Poor   little   Binny   Wallace!   How   strange   it   seemed;   when   I   went   to 

school   again;   to   see   that   empty   seat   in   the   fifth   row!   How   gloomy   the 

playground   was;   lacking   the   sunshine   of   his   gentle;   sensitive   face!   One 

day a folded sheet slipped from my algebra: it was the last note he ever 

wrote me。 I could not read it for the tears。 

     What   a   pang   shot   across   my   heart   the   afternoon   it   was   whispered 

through the town that a body had been washed ashore at Grave Pointthe 

place where we bathed! We bathed there no more! How well I remember 

the funeral; and what a piteous sight it was afterwards to see his familiar 

name on a small headstone in the Old South Burying…Ground! 

     Poor little Binny Wallace! Always the same to me。 The rest of us have 

grown   up   into   hard;   worldly   men;   fighting   the   fight   of   life;   but   you   are 



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forever young; and gentle; and pure; a part of my own childhood that time 

cannot wither; always a little boy; always poor little Binny Wallace! 



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