A true wife at home, and a lovin' husband at sea--ah, my hearty, them's jewels!" Tite listened with surprise to the story of this strange and eccentric man.

He had never heard either of his parents mention his name.

He, however, regarded it as very fortunate that he should be on board a ship commanded by a captain who held his humble parents in such high regard.
The jolly old sailor finished his story by enjoining Tite to keep what he had said a matter of confidence.

He also made him third mate, to fill the place of the young man who fell from the fore-mast into the sea during the gale.
"You shall take a hand at killing the first whale; shall command the larboard boat.

And you shall never want a friend while Captain Price Bottom treads this quarter-deck," he concluded.
Tite bowed, and thanked his benefactor again.