"Such men ought never to have been born, sir. They only cumber the mills and the market-places, the courts of law and the courts of the church—yes, even the wide spaces of the ocean."
"Are you not a bit hard, Captain?"
"No; I am not hard enough. Do you think God sent any man that had his five senses into this busy world to amuse himself?"
"Are you preaching me a sermon, Captain?"
"
Nay, not I! Preaching is nothing in my line. But you are on a new road, sir, and no one can tell where it may lead to, so I'll just remind you to watch your beginnings; the results will manage themselves."
CHAPTER VI
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM