We got there after a long and stormy voyage, working our way as sailors before the mast.

We were looked on as poor, shipwrecked whalemen; and no one on board thought we had an extra dollar in our pockets.

At Halifax we found a vessel ready to sail for New York, and took passage on her, and here I am now, home again, and glad to get home." It was long after midnight when Tite concluded his story; and having received once more the caresses of his parents, he retired to the little room he had occupied when a boy, to sleep and dream of joys that were in store for him..