'Why Don't You Speak to Him?' single work   short story  
Is part of Sketches from Real Life Old Boomerang , 1864 series - author short story
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 'Why Don't You Speak to Him?'
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Recounts the story of a sailor whom 'Old Boomerang' claims to have rescued from alcoholism and sin by speaking to him, and getting him to sign the Temperance pledge, successfully turning him into a gentleman.

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