I don't like the idea of having everybody order me around, and talk to me as though I was a dog." "No reflections," said the steward sharply.

"Better keep a civil tongue in your head.

But now to business.

In the first place, here are your dishes," and he handed Archie a number of tin pots and plates, a large pan, and a mess-kettle.
"What shall I do with these ?" asked Archie.
"Why, eat out of them, to be sure," answered the steward; "what else would you do with them?
I shall hold you responsible for them," he continued; "and if any of them are lost, they will be charged to your account.

Now go and put them away in your mess-chest, which you will find on the berth-deck, and then come back, and I will give you your rations." Archie accordingly picked up his dishes, and started--he knew not whither, for he had no idea to which part of the vessel he should go in order to find the berth-deck.