This was a story worthy of recognition for years to come! 

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 Orde had wasted no time in looking for something to help out his apprentice, and soon he had managed to ‘temporarily borrow’ Deputy William’s coffee from the table. Hopefully it would melt the ice without scalding Ewan’s tongue. He set it in the snow to cool it just a tiny bit as a precaution, and he walked over to where the icicle was.

 “Alright, I’m back-” Orde stopped in his tracks once he saw the crowd of puppies and the two prisoners held captive by the hanging ice. “What the blazes…” He shook his head and rolled his eyes heavenward. “Never mind, I’m probably better off in ignorance.”

 Ewan only grinned, his lively green eyes conveying the laugh that he tired to hide. “On’t worry Cap’n, oo are.”

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