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`` He 'll get along , I dare say , '' replied I ; `` he only wants to get those cheeks of his tanned . '' To tell the truth , I was not a little pleased to see the doctor 's reputation as an invalid fading away so fast ; especially as , on the strength of his being one , he had promised to have such easy times of it , and very likely , too , at my expense . DOZING in our canoe the next morning about daybreak , we were awakened by Zeke 's hailing us loudly from the beach . Upon paddling up , he told us that a canoe had arrived overnight , from Papeetee , with an order from a ship lying there for a supply of his potatoes ; and as they must be on board the vessel by noon , he wanted us to assist in bringing them down to his sail-boat . My long comrade was one of those who , from always thrusting forth the wrong foot foremost when they rise , or committing some other indiscretion of the limbs , are more or less crabbed or sullen before breakfast . It was in vain , therefore , that the Yankee deplored the urgency of the case which obliged him to call us up thus early : -- the doctor only looked the more glum , and said nothing in reply . At last , by way of getting up a little enthusiasm for the occasion , the Yankee exclaimed quite spiritedly , `` What d'ye say , then , b ` ys , shall we get at it ? ''