We must get a fresh fit out before we go on board; these clothes are neither handsome nor becoming.

We must put on our best manners, and tell them that we are men who have served our full time, and want to get back, and that we were obliged to hide because we had not enough to pay our full passage money, but that we have enough to pay the cost of our grub, and are ready to pull at a rope and make ourselves useful in any way.

If we are lucky we ought to get enough before we start to buy horses and set ourselves up well in business at home." "I think that is a very good plan," the other agreed, "and I am quite sure the sooner we make ourselves scarce here the better.".