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TEMPTATION.
the mate; "it seems very hard that the owner should have been so anxious to keep us from going to so beautiful an island. Really it looks more and more beautiful as we come near it. I think I shall steer the ship pretty close along- side." By this time the ship had got into the current, and was hurrying on to the shore much faster than the mate thought. The mate's eyes were fastened on the dangerous island, and nothing was thought of but the pleasure of seeing the forbidden place, and tasting its strange fruits. While thus employed, the captain came on deck, and saw in a moment
