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advice was of a kind that one never forgets. He 

 told me that if I would draw my own check for 

 ten thousand dollars and give it to any man who 

 would take the boat off my hands as a gift I 

 would save money. 



The boat paid Irish dividends from the start 

 and its repair bills footed up like a construction 

 account. Its last kick was in West Indian 

 waters where it fell into the hands of the libelling 

 and libelous pirates of Kingston. When the first 

 bill came in, possibly for a jug of aguardiente, I 

 would have given up the boat for the amount of 

 the bill. I did give up the boat, but I received 

 nothing for it. 



Sometimes a steamship line can navigate the 

 water of Wall Street to better advantage than 

 the ocean for which it was built. Stockwell, who 

 controlled the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 

 was a power in the Wall Street market and the 

 stocks he fathered or favored were in the blue 

 chip class. I knew that a tip from him would 

 send any stock whirling upward and I suggested 

 that he boom Atlantic Mail. He was pleased 



