ear more went by, ere Jack and his ship came back to port. He soon
went to see Dick, with the bag of gold. The man and the girl were
both glad to find that Jack had sold what they gave him, and that he
had got a good deal for them. But when Jack told them of the cat, and
took out the bag of gold, they did not know what to say. And when poor
Dick was told that it was all for him, he had to cry for joy, and all
the rest wept with him, for they were all fond of Dick now, he had
come to be such a good boy.

"Well, Dick," said Jack, "what will you do with all this gold? Let us
see what will be best." So they all said much, and sat up till it was
late, to talk of Dick and his pile of gold.

At last Dick said, "I will give some of it to each of you, who have
been so good and kind to me. I will take part of the rest and lay it
out upon my mind, that I may be wise when I grow to be a man. And what
is left I will lay up, so that when I am a man, I will have it to
work with, that I may grow to be rich; for to be good, and wise, and
rich, is what I wish."

They all said Dick knew what was best. So that is what was done with
the pile of gold that the king gave for the cat.

[Illustration: FINIS]

Transcriber's Note:

Minor punctuation errors have been amended without note.

The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.

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