"Hawser," said he, as soon as he recovered breath, "you must rig yourself up a little and go with me to Captain Merritt's." "What is going on there, sir, that requires my presence ?" "The boarders want you to read Cochran's pamphlet, and you MUST come." "But I have no suitable clothes to rig myself up with, sir." "Never mind your clothes.

Wash your face, comb your hair, straighten up your collar, look in the glass, and you will do well enough.

But bear a hand.

They are waiting for you now." I arranged my toilet in accordance with the captain's suggestions.

When I gave it the finishing touch, by "looking in the glass," I was not satisfied, believing my costume could hardly reflect honor on the company; and my heart throbbed with emotion as I accompanied Captain Thompson to his boarding house.