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dollars into my hand; "you can pay me 

 when you see me, and if we do not meet 

 I shall be no loser." 



Now, considering that I had not seen 

 the face of any coin since I left China 

 it was not to be wondered at that I 

 should be overcome by this act of dis- 

 interested generosity from a stranger to my 

 family and connections. Remembering at 

 the same time the kindness and attention I 

 had received from one so much my supe- 

 rior in rank and attainments, I burst 

 into tears; this was not unobserved by 

 my liberal benefactor, when he again 

 pressed my hand and bade me farewell. 

 " Good-bye, Gramp ! " hallooed the 

 sixth mate from the port-hole, making 

 use of the epithet by which he always 

 addressed me, as I lowered myself down 

 in the pilot-boat, when she almost im- 

 mediately sheered off. 



Now left alone on the deck, the 

 reader would suppose I should have in- 



