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Sutherland will think about
it, but I am looking out
for my own interests. I have
learnt enough about the co
clerk job to stear clear of it
as long as possible. It is all
work, and when the captain hasn’t
anybody else to ball out
the clerk is the goat. Co D’s
clerk and myself chum around
quite a bit, and consequently
I know from where I speak.

This is going to be a little
bouquet for myself, but it is
the truth. The captain received
an order one day last week
to send one man from this