Rise as high as you can; make all the money you can; and don't forget what we may come to be.

People who get money, and take care of it, are sure to rise in the world.

People that don't get money never do.

But, God bless you, Tite; think of me and I'll think of you." This advice to the young sailor to make all the money he could, and given on the eve of departure, may seem out of place to some of my romantic readers; but it was, perhaps, the best Mattie could have given him.

She was a girl of strong affections, and it was only natural that she should have something of the propensity so strong in both her parents.