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He " wa n t a-goin to keep a-runnin to see the fish swim in. If they were fool nough to go in the trap, they could stay there till he underrun an bailed em out. " His methods of gaining a livelihood were unique on the coast; yet it was Scud who "stocked" eight hun- SCUD. 187 dred and fifty dollars that summer clean, two hun dred dollars above any one else in the harbor. It was the saying among some of the jealous fishermen in the cove, who were not blessed with two pairs of twins, that " nobody... arned so easy a livin as Scud without doin no work. " But these indistinct mur murs never stimulated Scud nor impaired his good nature. Indeed, Scud was the happiest man that ever lived. What a dancing, laughing eye! What a catalogue of joys therein ! What contagious, hope ful humor ! What irrepressible buoyancy of spirits ! Who could help loving Scud, as one loves a huge, long-coated St. Bernard dog? Scud was ths laugh ing, joyous, piping Pan of the ocean. He smoked not, neither did he drink. He had no vices that debased him.
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