CHAPTER V. 
RESUMES WORK. 
IvstEap of going directly back to his work, Edward 
went down to the harbor to ascertain whether any of the 
captains would accept of his services as a sailor. He went 
from ship to ship for three days. Some captains were will- 
ing to take him with an indenture, which would have to 
be signed by his father. Others were willing to take him 
without his father’s consent; but in that case they required 
two sureties to sign the indenture. These were serious ob- 
stacles—too serious to be got over—and on the third aft- 
ernoon he left the harbor with a sorrowful heart. There 
were several skippers of coasting vessels, and of lime and 
coal hulks, who would have taken him for four years; but 
these were not the kind of ships that he wished to sail in. 
Being thus forced, though very reluctantly, to give up 
all thoughts of going to sea, he now considered whether it 
might not be possible to learn some other trade less hateful 
to him than that of a shoe-maker. But his parents would 
not hear of any change. They told him that his former 
master was willing to take him back, and to give him a 
shilling a week more during the ensuing year, and two shil- 
lings more during his last, or fifth, year. But Edward 
strongly objected to return to the master who had so cru- 
elly used him. 
Not wishing, however, to withstand his parents’ advice 
any longer, he at last consented to go on with his trade, 
But, instead of serving out his time with his former master, 
he found a pupil-master in Shoe Lane, who was willing to 
