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seemed pleased. This was highly gratifying to me, for I 

 had tried my best to be helpful to all, as far as my 

 limited abilities would let me ; nor do I think I had an 

 enemy in the ship. Behold me, then, a full-blown 

 "mister," with a definite substantial increase in my 

 prospects of pay of nearly one-third, in addition to many 

 other advantages, which, under the new captain, promised 

 exceedingly well. 



More than half the voyage lay behind us, looking like 

 the fast-settling bank of storm-clouds hovering above 

 the tempest-tossed sea so lately passed, while ahead the 

 bright horizon was full of promise of fine weather for 

 the remainder of the journey. 



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