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`` Well , well , '' replied my companion , consolingly , `` you have been an angel to us , Day , and if I had only a portion of the good liquor which you carried off last night I would drink your health and bathe your wounds . '' `` Would you , though ? '' demanded Day , with animation . Mr. Brown reiterated his statement , although in a languid manner , for he did not exactly approve of the midnight depredation which our friend had been guilty of . `` Well , to tell the truth , '' continued Day , `` I did n't drink all that I found , ` cos I thought it would be cruel , so I jist changed it into a bladder that I carried water in , and I have got it stowed away here somewhere . '' Never did a confession sound more welcome , and we watched out friend eagerly until he returned from the place where the liquor was hid , and we found about a pint of the raw material saved from his rapacious stomach . `` Here is health and long life to all undertakers ' apprentices , '' Mr. Brown said , pressing the bladder to his mouth in the most affectionate manner .