Japhet in Search of a Father
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Japhet in Search of a Father
                                            
                            By Frederick Marryat
                            
                                11 Oct, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: I soon found out that we were not only well-fed, but in every other point well treated, and I was very comfortable and happy. Mr. Brookes instructed me in the art of labeling and tying up, and in a very short time I was very expert; an
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                                                Brief Extract: I soon found out that we were not only well-fed, but in every other point well treated, and I was very comfortable and happy. Mr. Brookes instructed me in the art of labeling and tying up, and in a very short time I was very expert; and as Timothy predicted, the rudiments were once more handed over to him. Mr. Cophagus supplied me with good clothes, but never gave me any pocket-money, and Timothy and I often lamented that we had not even a halfpenny to spend. Less