y.	A. Prost,	i‘ags 5	31~
	Tampa, 71a~
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task tor a rao• that had never besn called upon to xert tnttlatiys.

Hannah Te710? aM hr miinroue offeprtng~ wex‘ a fair ixo~p1i ot

theGe Irreaponsible people. Liks a ship adrift without .ki~per or ruddi‘~ they weise at tus mercy of s~ery adverse wIM ot IfliBfO?tUfl. ]~oh irrn— Ing thsy w•nt out with frant ic ~nr~ to earn or In ao~ wai‘ xrocurs sustenance foi on. niOi‘e day. !bung Davi hounded ths sponge fiaherxran until they save him an extra job. Hi made ths x‘ound~ of th• f1ahin~ docks, continually on the lookout to be of he1p~ anxiou. to do anything at any t1n~ in sxohang tor a few az‘tiolea of food that hi could carry proudly home to hie moth,r.


	“Dim was mighty tryin‘ tin~a~“ i~naed the old ~n, “en‘ I don‘t b1ai~ my man~ fsi• wai‘min‘ ~ pante when ahi had so n*ich to worry ‘bout. She had a way o‘ grabbin‘ me by ds years an‘ ehovin‘ ~ny bald twixt hir kne•e whilst ah• wuk on n~ sumpin‘ awftil. 1~ * Mer I was a~airt o ‚ dea frax~rniin‘a. I reckon dat was de caua• o‘ me ~‚1n‘ tt eea. ~ah rais‘ tsll you ‘bout dat.

	“One day 1T~ mamygimme tiftsen cnta an‘ say ‘c~ down to de market and fotch me soms fish. Ah‘ hasen — don‘t you let no grasa grow unda• yo‘ feet • Go on de run an‘ come back on c~. jw~ • Do•s you f all down, jeØ‘ keep on a~go1n‘ some—how.‘

	“wi~~ dat she turn an‘ spit on de atep. ‘!bu aee dat spit,‘ abo say. ‚~‚ hit be dry w‘en you git back, I ~nna beat di meat offen yo‘ boues. ait ~

	“weil, I atahted, an I ah~‘ wasn‘t loam‘ no tims. ‘Bout hahf way to de mahkit, I meta a couple o‘ eteward* t‘a a U. S. navy cutter anchored

~	off ds navy ~rd.