ich job to tackle
first. I merely consented to see you in order that I might congratulate
you--for I hear that you have brought in a prize of some sort, and a big
lump of a craft she is, too," casting his eyes toward her as she lay
full in view of his office window. "Not the galleon, though, I suppose?
No such luck--What? is it really so? Upon my honour, I very heartily
congratulate you, my dear sir, I do indeed. And my ears are tingling to
hear your story, which I am certain will be well worth listening to; but
I haven't the time for it just now. Come up to the Pen to dinner to-
night, and tell it me then, will you? That's right; sharp seven, mind!
And now, good-bye until this evening, you lucky young dog!"

Upon leaving the Admiral, I proceeded up the harbour to Kingston in a
boat manned by negroes. A large fleet of ships of all sizes occupied
the anchorage abreast of the town; and as we drew nearer two vessels
seemed to stand out from among the rest and challenge my recognition. I
looked at them more intently. Surely I could not be mistaken!

"Cuffee, what are the names of those two vessels--the brigantine and the
schooner--that are moored close together there?" demanded I of the
captain of the boat.

"My name not Cuffee, sah; my name am Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Brown,
sah! And dem two vessels am called respectably de _Dolphin_ and de
_Tiger_; bofe of dem privateers, sah," was the boatman's answer, given
with great dignity and the utmost gravity.

"Thank you, Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Brown," retorted I, with equal
gravity. "Have the goodness to shove me alongside the _Dolphin_, will
you?"

"Certainly, sah; wid de utmost pleasure, sah," answered the negro, with
a broad grin of delight at the unwonted receipt of his full cognomen.
And in a few minutes we ranged up alongside the old familiar schooner,
and I recognised many old familiar faces looking curiously down into the
boat.

"By the living jingo if it ain't Mr Bowen come back to life!" I heard
one man say; and in a moment there was an eager rush to the gangway to
meet me. The unexpected sight of so many well-known faces, most of them
hailing from the same birthplace as myself, and all of them evidently
glad to see me again, moved me strongly; and almost before I knew where
I was I found myself on deck and heartily shaking hands all round.
Then, as soon as the excitement had abated somewhat, I inquired for
Captain Winter.

"He is ashore, Mr