about an
hour afterwards the passengers came upon deck, looking more sober than I
had seen them since we left Liverpool. They had dined upon cold ham.

DEFINTIONS.--1. Re-served', kept back, retained. 2. Lick'er. ish, eager or
greedy to swallow. Aft, toward the stern of a vessel. Pro-spec'tive,
relating to the future. Force'meat, meat chopped fine and highly seasoned.
Unc'tu-ous, fat. 5. Glaz'ing, glass or glass-like substance. Bin'na-cle, a
box containing the compass of a ship. 6. Gal'ley, the kitchen of a ship.
7. Tu-reen', a large deep vessel for holding soup. Gang'way, a passageway.
Lee, pertaining to the side opposite that against which the wind blows.
Scup'pers, channels cut through the side of a ship for carrying off water
from the deck. Cop'pers, large copper boilers.

NOTE.--6. Four bells; i.e., two o'clock.

LXXXV. THE BEST KIND OF REVENGE.

1. Some years ago a warehouseman in Manchester, England, published a
scurrilous pamphlet, in which he endeavored to hold up the house of Grant
Brothers to ridicule. William Grant remarked upon the occurrence that the
man would live to repent of what he had done; and this was conveyed by
some talebearer to the libeler, who said, "Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall
some time or other be in his debt; but I will take good care of that." It
happens, however, that a man in business can not always choose who shall
be his creditors. The pamphleteer became a bankrupt, and the brothers held
an acceptance of his which had been indorsed to them by the drawer, who
had also become a bankrupt.

2. The wantonly libeled men had thus become creditors of the libeler! They
now had it in their power to make him repent of his audacity. He could not
obtain his certificate without their signature, and without it he could
not enter into business again. He had obtained the number of signatures
required by the bankrupt law except one. It seemed folly to hope that the
firm of "the brothers" would supply the deficiency. What! they who had
cruelly been made the laughingstock of the public, forget the wrong and
favor the wrongdoer? He despaired. But the claims of a wife and children
forced him at last to make the application. Humbled by misery, he
presented himself at the countinghouse of the wronged.

3. Mr. William Grant was there alone, and his first words to the
delinquent were, "Shut the door, sir!" sternly uttered. The door was shut,
and the libeler stood trembling before the libeled. He