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they all came into the saloon cabins, and what a paradise that 

 must have been to them ! They proved thoroughly well-behaved 

 and most interesting fellow passengers ; they had brought out a 

 great deal of gold all they could carry in nuggets of all shapes 

 and sizes, and larger sums in bank orders. They owned the 

 best claims on the best creeks and were rich men one and all. 

 Often do I wonder, and much would I like to know, what has 

 since happened to those fellow passengers of mine. 



They were most grateful to the captain for having kept the 

 ship and sent for them to Dyea, and presented him with a large 

 and very beautiful nugget and an address, composed after much 

 difficulty by three of them. This address, read out after dinner, 

 was a great success ; part had evidently been copied from some 

 book where it poetically hoped that the skipper, after all the 

 storms of life, would at last anchor in a haven of rest where 

 fogs, ice, or gales could no longer reach and trouble him. May 

 they one and all have found such a peaceful spot, and stuck to 

 their riches ! 



