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him the stolen property, and the joy of the valetudinarian was 
already seen beaming 1 on his countenance, for his confidence 
was so great in the prescriptive powers of the captain that no 
doubt whatever rested on his mind of his cure being completed. 
Still however he had no idea of having made all the amends in 
his power for his dishonest action, without being suitably 
rewarded for it; it was true that he was to be cured of his 
malady by the restitution of the property, but that with him 
was not all-sufficient; the act in his opinion deserved some further 
reward, for as it was by no means one of compulsion, but of his 
own free will, it followed according to his mode of reasoning, 
that as the original owner of the article appeared to place a 
great value upon it, it would only be becoming and just in him, 
to reward the individual well, who had been the means of 
restoring it to his possession. 
A person of his particular propensity, could not be supposed 
to be a very welcome visitor on board the ship, and therefore 
the property was no sooner recovered from him, than he was po¬ 
litely escorted out of the vessel, "during which ceremony, he con¬ 
tinued to mumble some words to himself, the meaning of which 
however could not be defined by those, who had the charge of 
him, but he contrived by his gestures, to make them understand 
that he expected a reward for his act of honesty. They however 
on the other hand, contrived to convey the information to him, 
that it was a kind of act, which was not rewarded in the country 
to which they belonged, and further that he would never be 
allowed to come on board the vessel again. Notwithstanding 
however the great pain which he w as suffering, he lingered about 
the ship, expecting that the reward would be tendered, but finding 
that his expectations were not likely to be realized, he walked 
sulkily away, not very well pleased with himself in having 
given up the property, without first bargaining for an adequate 
reward, and very much displeased indeed with those who could 
act so unjustly and dishonourably, as not to remunerate an indi¬ 
vidual for so distinguished an act of probity and honesty. It 
happened however that an assuagement of his pain took place 
on the following day, which in a certain degree reconciled him 
