CHAPTER XIII.
I WORK UPON HUMAN NATURE.
I was evidently in for another day as unpleasantly exciting as the one I had spent before the revolution, and I reflected sadly that if a man once goes in for things of that kind, it's none so easy to pull up.
Luckily, however, I had several things to occupy me, and was not left to fret the day away in idleness.

First I turned my steps to the harbor.

As I went I examined my pockets and found a sum total of $950.
This was my all, for of late I had deemed it wise to carry my fortune on my person.

Well, this was enough for the present; the future must take care of itself.

So I thought to myself as I went along with a light heart, my triumph in love easily outweighing all the troubles and dangers that beset me.