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the educated people were not much better than the others No one seemed

to take any proper pride in his work: from plumbers ere simply

thieves to, say, newspaper men (he seemed to think theave a correct version of the

simplest affair This universal inefficiency of what he called "the

shore gang" he ascribed in general to the want of responsibility and to a

sense of security

"They see," he went on, "that no ht little

island won't turn turtle with theo to the bottom

with their wives and children"

Fro exclusively

to sea-life On that subject he got quickly in touch with Marloho in

his tie of

rereed that the happiest tiood ships, with no care in the world

but not to lose a watch belohen at sea and not aashore after work hours when in harbour They agreed also as to

the proudestwhich is never

elamour of its

romantic associations It was the moment when they had passed

successfully their first examination and left the seamanship Examiner

with the little precious slip of blue paper in their hands