A Memory Of The Southern Seas / 1904

imself upon the fact. From the time he was twenty years of age, he had devoted hims

when he came to command a ship of his own, his north-country training stood him in good stead-starving, kicking,

h he had been appointed. Then he bought others, established what was known as Rodway's Line, gave up going to sea himself, rented an office in a mean street,

pile of letters, his square-set, hard face, with its cold grey eyes, looking harder than ever, for

gh his correspondence

" he said

e, well-built young man of abo

ing, Capta

? Why are you not at sea?" and he

ater-boat; but otherwi

hat is i

fact that you will not empl

t

no exception

N

ploy as mate and master of the Har

t the day you marry y

"Then you can give me my mon

eplied the old man, reac

ve o'clock with the new man, and we'll go through the stores and spare gear together. If everythi

m Lester landed at Circular Quay with his

iet little street in the suburb of Darling Point, and stoppe

y a tall, handsome gi

om

tone. Then he became grave, and leading her

way dismissed me this mornin

d. "Never mind, Tom.

I have another plan. Where is Mrs. Warren? I mu

on't want it to be put o

ve no hom

have one of our own. Moth

ur

or I would

arry me thi

f you wish. We hav

her with coal and stores, and go to Kent's Group in Bass's Straits, and try and refloat the Braybrook Castle. I saw the agents and the insurance people this morning-immediately after I left old B

u take m

ving on an almost barren, rocky island, inhabited

. Come, let us

s standing beside her husband on the bridge of the Dolphin, which was steaming full speed tow