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"Ah!--but it's good to have the use of one's legs again!" exclai theto Barnabas with his whimsical smile, "that is another value

of the stocks--one never kno pleasant and useful a pair of

legs can be until one has sat with 'eles for an hour or two" Here, the Bo'sun having stowed

back the key and resuripped his hand "So it was Uncle John, was it, Jerry--how very

like Uncle John--eh, Jerry?"

"Never was nobody born into this here vale o' sorrer like the

Cap'n--no, nor never will be--nohow!" said the Bo'sun with a solemn

nod

"God bless him, eh, Jerry?"

"Amen to that, my Lord"

"You'll let him know I said 'God bless him,' Jerry?"

"I will, my Lord, ay, ay, God bless him it is, Master Horatio!"

"Now as to my Roman--my father, Jerry, tell hi away for London, then, sir?"

"As a rock, Jerry, as a rock!"

"Then 't is 'good-by,' you're wishing ood-by,' Jerry, remember 'God bless Uncle John,'