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Dorothea Dreier
Jan. 19, 1886.

The Sailor's Story.

My home.
My childhood.
The storm.
My night adventure.

Around a large stove in country kitchen sat in a circle of interested listeners, evidently trying to catch every word of the speaker who, as you might guess from his dress, was a sailor telling some of his life. [[crossed out]] This is how [[/crossed out]] He began:

We lived on at the coast_ in Holland, in a very pleasant and pretty house, surrounded by a small garden which was at [[crossed out]] mostly [[/crossed out] most full of different kind of flowers; I