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and my scene in 
the first act was 
cut out ; otherwise 
things went on 
swimmingly. 
My next engage- 
ment was at Drury 
Lane, where I was 
entrusted with a 
small part in a play 
called “Human 
Nature.” In this I played 
an Irishman, and, being able 
to call upon a brogue at any 
moment, the author thought 
it worth while to augment 
my part, and thenceforward 
I appeared in two scenes 
instead of one. 
Subsequently I went on 
tour and played a clergy- 
man, and afterwards the 
principal comedy part, and 
it was out of this tour that 
I saved up enough money 
to* take me to America for 
a holiday. 
When 1 was a boy of about 
ten or twelve, like most other 
boys of that age, 
1 had a great 
desire to go 
to sea. I 
used to try 
and make 
m y own 
little quad- 
rants and 
sextants 
myself out 
of c a r d - 
2 . 
