Margaret was as beautiful as a dream , with soft blue eyes and clouds of golden hair ; and she loved Alan Dunbar just as much as he loved her . But her parents were bitterly opposed to him , and they had forbidden Margaret to see him or speak to him . They had n't anything against him as a MAN , but they did n't want her to throw herself away on a sailor . `` Well , when Alan Dunbar knew that he must go to California in the Fanny he was in despair . He felt that he could NEVER go so far away for so long and leave his Margaret behind . And Margaret felt that she could never let him go . I know EXACTLY how she felt . '' `` How can you know ? '' interrupted Peter suddenly . `` You ai n't old enough to have a beau . How can you know ? '' The Story Girl looked at Peter with a frown . She did not like to be interrupted when telling a story . `` Those are not things one KNOWS about , '' she said with dignity . `` One FEELS about them . '' Peter , crushed but not convinced , subsided , and the Story Girl went on . `` Finally , Margaret ran away with Alan , and they were married in Charlottetown . Alan intended to take his wife with him to California in the Fanny . If it was a hard journey for a man it was harder still for a woman , but Margaret would have dared anything for Alan 's sake . They had three days -- ONLY three days -- of happiness , and then the blow fell .
The crew and the passengers XXXXX the Fanny refused to let Captain Dunbar take his wife with him .
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