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and--er--tell my father that--ah, what the deuce shall you tell hi--wholly dutiful, and

above all gently dignified--hum! Ah, yes--tell him that whether I

win or lose the race, whether I break et that I ah's son And as

for you, Jerry, why, I shall always think of you as the jolly old

sea dog who used to stoop down to let et at his whiskers, they

were a trifle blacker in those days Gad! how I did pull 'em, Jerry,

even then I admired your whiskers, didn't I? I swear there isn't such

another pair in England Good-by, Jerry!" Saying which his Lordship

turned swiftly upon his heel and walked on a pace or thile

Barnabas paused to wring the old seaether

And the Bo'sun, sitting upon the eht out before hi

London-wards, the Lord's son, tall, slender, elegant, a gentleer tips, and the cood,

despite his hoether, fresh and bright and young as the , went the joyous

Spirit of Youth