ing my brother's directions, proceeded across the town toward St. John's

ough looking fellows were playing dominoes upon the counter, seated upon cheese boxes. They winked, and aske

arms at the doorway of my brother's fri

the servant, eying me as

lord and master; sho

I was, opened his hand and heart to me at once, and drew me to his firesid

n to a room, where I changed my wet dress, an returning to the table, found that the interval had been we improved by my hostess; a meal for a traveler was spread and I laid into it

er all; and I could hardly believe that I had really acted that morning as I had, for I was naturally of an easy and

ching we lighted upon a ship for Liverpool, and found the captain in the cabin; which was a very handsome one, lined with mahogany and maple; and the steward, an elegant

forty, splendidly dressed, with very black whiskers, and very white teeth, and what I took to be a free, frank look out of a lar

g, sir," sai

sir," said the captain. "Stew

o see whether you want a fine young lad to go to sea with you. Here he is; he has long wanted to be a

fine fellow; I like him. So you want to be a sailor, my boy, do you?" added

n, and then at his handsome care-free face, I thought he was only try

id the captain to my friend, "these

he reply, "and of a highly respectable

want to go to sea too?" sai

oh, no!

echoed t

y great-uncle, he'll be cracking his jokes the whole voyage; and so I afterward said t

ou know we haven't any pastures and cows on bo

, sir; my father has cross

of one of the first families in America, crossed

ary?" said the captain

was a wealth

ing grave and bland again, "then thi

ea for the humor of it; they want to send him on his t

e man; and this was a huge fib, which out of the kindness of his heart, he told in my beh

to put my hand in a tar-bucket, the handsome captain looked ten times more funny than ever; an

siness. Pray, captain, how much do you gener

eauty, and we never give more than three dollars to a green lad like Wellingborough her

, quickly interrupting him, "t

hy relations will doubtless see to all that,"

Jones, looking rather foolish. "His

said the ca

t the patch on my pantaloons, which just then I end

he captain, eying the great buttons on my

d thought that here was a gra

luable fowling-piece at home, perhaps you would like to pur

ations," said the captain, "so that he can g

o fall into a profound musing, involving all sides of the matter in hand. "W

lars a month,"

d, "that you generally give so

said the captain, with a bow, "but in this case, as the boy

nd of mine, prevent me from getting three dollars in advance, which I greatly needed. However, I said nothing, though I thought the more; and particularly, how that it would have been muc

leaving the cabin, he smiled again, and said, "Well, Redburn, my boy, you won't get ho

the steward to open the cabin-door, which the steward did with a peculiar sort o