CHAPTER XVIII.
ROUNDING CAPE HORN.
Mr.Gusher, with his pride wounded, and a heavy heart, took leave of the Chapmans early on the following morning, and crossed the ferry on his way back to New York.

The black bucket containing the capital stock of the great Kidd Discovery Company, in which his fancy pictured a dozen or more fortunes, and which he bore with him, afforded no relief for his disappointment.

It might be the means of his owning a fine house, riding in his own carriage, and being considered a rich man by society.

But, after all, riches only embodied the hard features of dollars and cents.
Who could find romance in the pursuit of dollars and cents?
he thought.
You could carry fame into the grave with you.

Dollars and cents might buy you a fine coffin, and bring rich friends to your funeral; but they left you at the tomb door.
Had Mr.Gusher gone back to New York in the belief that he had made an impression on the affections of that pretty, simple-hearted country girl, Mattie Chapman, what a happy man he would have been.