in, 'I should think he is. Steward!' he called,
'bring some supper for Master Augustus.'

The steward came running into the cabin and stood transfixed--all eyes.
His appearance set the Captain off again; 'Don't be scared,' he said;
'he's alive, right enough.'

'I didn't see the gentleman come aboard,' the steward found words to
say.

'No,' said the Captain, 'no more didn't I. No more didn't no one. Master
Augustus has his own way of coming aboard.'

At this the Hermit laughed too, and the spell being broken, the steward
brought supper as to a man of flesh and blood.

'So I'm a runaway, Sim,' the Hermit said cheerily when he had finished;
'and there was no Mother Porker to catch me on the landing.'

'Catch you? No! You're A1 at it!' Chimp replied.

'Yes,' resumed the Hermit, stretching his limbs, 'we're going to be
comrades again. But when we're in England, mind, no fairs, Sim, no
caravans.'

Chimp laughed.

'And we'll go and see Ranji,' said the Hermit.

THE END

The Dumpy Books for Children.

Selected by E. V. LUCAS.

I. THE FLAMP, THE AMELIORATOR, AND THE SCHOOLBOY'S APPRENTICE, _by E. V.
LUCAS_

II. MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES

III. THE BAD FAMILY, _by Mrs. Fenwick_

IV. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO, _by Helen Bannerman_. With Pictures in colours
by the Author

V. THE BOUNTIFUL LADY, _by Thomas Cobb_

VI. A CAT BOOK, Portraits _by H. Officer Smith_, Characteristics _by E.
V. LUCAS_

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