igh anchor, were
vexed at the delay which the trip of the boat to the shore indicated,
and waited impatiently to learn what was going to happen. One of the
stewards brought up Mr. Hamblin's trunk, and presently the professor
himself appeared with his overcoat on his arm, and his cane and umbrella
in his hand. There was a decided sensation among the crew. The barge was
lowered and placed in charge of the third lieutenant. Mr. Hamblin bowed
stiffly and coldly to the other professors, and followed his baggage
into the boat, taking no notice whatever of any of the students.

The sensation grew upon the boys as the boat pushed off and appeared
beyond the ship's side. It was a delightful picture to them--the
obnoxious professor seated in the stern sheets, with his trunk before
him. It was emblematic of the final separation. The enthusiasm of the
moment could not be repressed; and before the principal could interfere,
it had vented itself in three tremendous and hearty cheers. Mr.
Lowington was vexed, but the deed was done.

The barge passed within a short distance of the Josephine, and her crew,
seeing the trunk and the professor, understood the cheers, and repeated
them with all the vigor of their lungs. It was impudent, disrespectful,
and naughty; but the same students, in both vessels, would have wept
over the departure of any other of the professors.

The boat returned, the sails were cast loose, the anchor weighed, and in
due time both vessels were standing down the river. At noon the pilots
were discharged, off the Hock of Holland.

"South-west by west," said the first master of the ship, giving out the
course to the quartermaster, who was conning the wheel.

There was only a lazy breeze in the German Ocean, and the squadron
rolled slowly along towards the Straits of Dover. The watch below were
at their studies in the steerages, while the students on deck were
thinking of Paris, and the new scenes which were to be presented to them
in the countries they were next to visit. Their experience during the
following month, on ship and shore, including the runaway cruise of the
Josephine, will be narrated in PALACE AND COTTAGE, OR YOUNG AMERICA IN
FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND.

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