CHAPTER XVIII—CONCLUSION OF DR. ULSWATER'S THIRD MANUSCIPT

A LYRICAL poem composed by Sadler, and by him sung inharmoniously to a banjo:—

“I'm, so to speak, shanghaied to sea;

And who you think my shipmates be?

One family of millionaires,

Rambling the deep in search of heirs;

One hypnotiser Oriental;

One orphan maiden ornamental;