I wish I was like him! Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, for the disturbance I have made.

It shan't happen again--I promise you that." The male travellers in general looked at each other, and seemed to agree with the quarter-master's opinion of their fellow-passenger.

The women, touched by his evident sincerity, and charmed with his handsome blushing eager face, agreed that he was quite right to save the poor bird, and that it would be all the better for the weaker part of creation generally if other men were more like him.

While the various opinions were still in course of expression, the sound of the luncheon bell cleared the deck of the passengers, with two exceptions.

One was the impetuous young man.