A Frank Mildmay Story.
A good Btory of a Marryat novel is told by a writer in the Church Gazette. A philanthropic lady ie a fishing village offered to read to a class of young fellows, and hit upon "Frank Mildmay " as a likely book. Ab the story progressed, and the captain's language grew in intensity, she was constrained to substitute uiich harmless expressions as "deal me" and "bother it" for some of the originals. All, however, was going well until, during the Bible reading, one lad picked up the book and found out how the clast had been defrauded. He thereupon told his fellows, and they taxed their benefactor with the botrdlerisalion of gpod literature. She admitted it, and prdhiiscd tc amend her fault, resolving, however, in her own mind to continue to soften Marryat here and there. But her end was defeated, for the boys bought another copy, and one of them checked her off in a loud voice until she could hold out no longer.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 60
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168A Frank Mildmay Story. Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 60
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